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Making Charity & The Act Of Giving Your Salon Business Culture

Social consciousness is changing the way consumers spend their money. In a 2024 survey, nearly 50% of consumers said they were more likely to remain loyal to companies that donated to charity. Consumers want their money to go toward causes they believe in, and businesses in the professional hair and beauty industry have been significant … Continued

Making Tax Digital For UK Salons: Helping You Prepare

New rules being introduced by the UK government, under the term ‘Making Tax Digital’, mean that UK-based businesses with a turnover exceeding £85,000 over a period of 12 months – a category which most salons would fall into – will have to keep VAT records in digital format, and do VAT returns using software from … Continued

Making Tax Digital: Important Informations For Salons & Spas

If you haven’t heard about Making Tax Digital (or MTD) yet, then it’s time to take notice and get stuck in! More even if you’re VAT registered and over the VAT threshold (currently £85,000), as you will need to comply with it from April 2019 onwards.

6 SMS Ideas For Valentine’s Promotions In Your Salon

Still have a few vacant spots in your diary for Valentine’s Day? SMS promotions are often the quickest way to solve that issue. What most people struggle with though, is what to write in these texts. That’s why we’ve listed six great ideas to add fuel to any Valentine’s Promotions you’ve already got going. It’s … Continued

Salon Podcasts: Celebrating 100 Phorest FM Episodes With A New Show!

It was December 2016 when Phorest Salon Software launched Phorest FM, The Salon Owners Podcast. Two years later, we’re celebrating 100 episodes aired, 100 conversations dedicated to help you grow your business, by introducing you to a brand new show of ours: The Phorest Blog Podcast! With not one, but two salon podcasts, you’re sure … Continued

Albie X Cortes On The Future Of Retail In Salons: Top Insights

What’s happening to our retail in salons? Sales are going down, and giant brands like Sephora are taking more and more place. At the 2019 Salon Owners Summit, in a session entitled Retail Carbon Monoxide, Albie X Cortes painted a picture of the damaging trends that are happening in the salon retail space and shared a case … Continued

Good, Better, Best: Introducing The Predictive Rebooking SMS Feature

Sometimes it’s the small things that make the biggest difference. And when it comes to running a salon, I have seen that to be very true. Just take industry rebooking figures as an example. From looking at the colossal amount of data we have from clients – 5,000 salons and spas use Phorest – it … Continued

David Barnett On Salon Culture And Recruitment: Top Insights

“Get up! For the next 30 seconds, I want you to bounce and take deep breaths!” David Barnett walked on stage with the intention of getting people to think and leave the Salon Owners Summit 2019 buzzing with ideas they could implement in their salon as soon as they got back home. In his presentation, he … Continued

Ryan Holiday On Stoïcism & Overcoming Obstacles: Top Insights

Murphy’s Law: what will go wrong will. “If running your business was easy, then everyone would do it, and there’d be no money in it,” said Ryan Holiday as he stepped foot on stage. Invited to speak at the 2019 Salon Owners Summit, he gave attendees a snippet of his wisdom and a new perspective on … Continued