Creative HEAD UK January 2019

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THE NEWS AND KNOW-HOW FROM YOUR INDUSTRY
SALONS SHOW
RESILIENCE
TO TRADING
DIFFICULTIES
THE NUMBER OF hairdressing, barbering
and beauty businesses has increased by 2 per
cent to 42,370 across the UK in 2018. However,
according to the survey from the NHF/NBF,
there are around 10,000 fewer people working
in the hair and beauty industry, meaning
260,000 are now employed in the sector.
Of the 162,000 people working in
hairdressing or barbering, 83 per cent are
women, while almost half were aged 16 to
34. Nearly six in 10 (58 per cent) are selfemployed,
similar to last year, and there’s been
an increase in part-time employees, from 45
per cent to 49 per cent.
In terms of fresh blood, the number of
hairdressing and barbering apprenticeship
starts in England is down by a quarter from
15,450 to 11,486, which the NHF/NBF believes
is due to changes to apprenticeship standards
and state funding. The government has
announced in the most recent Budget that
contributions would be halved by April. For
more on the NHF/NBF statistics, see page 22.
Elsewhere, Kline Pro has revealed for the
first time UK and Ireland sales figures, based
on salon transactions. It discovered that
currently hair colour accounts for 30 per cent
of salon revenue, with highlighting the main
source. Balayage and hair painting has made
the biggest impact in 2018, with a 22 per cent
jump in transactions and a 29 per cent increase
in revenue. The average price of the service
rose from £61.63 to £65.11.
There has been marked decline in scalp
services (down 20 per cent) and thinning hair
treatments (a 40 per cent decrease). Comparing
the first half of 2018 with that of 2017, product
sales through salons are down in all categories,
resulting in an overall decline of 9.8 per cent in
the UK.
Here come the
Stafford mods
PAUL STAFFORD, owner of Belfast salon Stafford Hair and global ALFAPARF
Milano ambassador, electrified the ALFAPARF Milano Fantastic Hairdresser
Awards with a show devoted to mods. The crowd of nearly 1,200 at Dublin’s
RDS, witnessed a celebration of the mod subculture movement of the ’60s, with
his theme of ‘Go Modern’ taking street style to the next level as a scootering
youthquake descended onto the stage. A celebration of the cultural and social
movement, and how it still remains a style-culture benchmark 50 years later,
each of the looks centred on the same beautiful straight lines and clean angles
originally seen on the streets of London. As well as live shaving, a rebellious
mod mob and even a mini-me Paul Stafford, the evening also celebrated the
winners of the ALFAPARF Milano Fantastic Hairdresser Awards, representing
the best in Ireland’s hairdressing industry.
Its care and styling lines are
synonymous with British
luxury (and fabulous
fragrance), so we’re very
excited to see that Neäl &
Wølf is unveiling a professional
colour line too, enriched with
vitamin C and botanical extracts
for a glossy finish.
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