Taking on a salon manager is something that business owners can consider if they are looking for someone to help run their business for them.

Whether it is to take time to manage the background business tasks or simply just to take more time away from the business, it is important to hire someone who you can trust to continue to run the business as you have, and help grow the team.

Take a look at the 5 qualities you should look for when reviewing candidates, to ensure you recruit the best salon manager for your business.

A salon is a great place for young people to start their career, but salons can also be dangerous places for potentially inexperienced workers.

Apprenticeship schemes and the new Kickstart scheme are encouraging more and more young people to go into work, but if you have young, inexperienced workers, it can be more dangerous for them to be working with the kind of equipment used in this industry.

We have provided a quick recap on how you can help to keep your teenage workers safe at your business. Click the link below for more details.

As the infection rate increased over recent months, governments around the UK introduced stricter measures to control COVID.

The tiered system, introduced in October, is a set of rules that are set at local county level, depending on the amount of cases in that area. As the UK prepares to come out of the current lockdown next month, familiarise yourself with how the tier system will affect you.

Read our article on how the Three-Tier rules could affect your business when you reopen and the UK start to observe these regulations again.

Since COVID-19 hit the UK in early 2020, one of the most effective methods of keeping the virus from spreading was good hygiene.

Regular cleaning around site and the equipment you use is so effective in the fight against COVID-19. This is why it is so important to instill a culture of disinfection within your team and cleaners, to play a part in stopping the spread of the virus.

Take a look at what actions you can put in place to make disinfection at the front of people's minds at your business and help keep your site safe.