The Unwritten App is launching into the hairdressing market, created to be the world’s first free software and retail platform specifically designed to help sole trader hairdressers grow successful businesses. The app is looking for independent hairdressers to sign up to test the main Beta release and join the community. Interested? Read on!
Commercial Tenants are business owners that specialise in delivering their chosen product or service. Landlords specialise in leasing out their properties for the highest rent they can. Because Landlords specialise in leasing out property and Tenants do not, there is often an imbalance in information and power that leads to the Landlord gaining an unfair advantage over the Tenant. AHC member and lease expert Kelly Cunningham from Your Leasing Co has saved our members hundreds of thousands of dollars by helping negotiate leases. Here, she shares the five most common mistakes Tenants make when negotiating with their Landlords.
Back in 2021, The Fair Work Commission announced a series of instalment increases to the weekend penalty rates for casual employees under the Hair and Beauty Award. These increases were to occur over a period of 2 years, spanning from January 2022 to December 2023. As part of this decision, the 4th instalment of increases occurred on the 31st of December 2022. Considering this decision was originally announced some time ago; as a brief reminder, we have summarised below the relevant increase dates and figures that you need to be aware of and to ensure you have planned for in your business for 2023.
With the hair industry amidst a critical skills shortage and salons crying out for staff, plus the upward trend of many stylists become solo operators, many salon owners are considering renting a chair out in their salon and undertaking Rent-a-Chair agreements.
