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Guides for running a service business

Practical guides on booking, deposits, no shows, payments and switching software, written for UK salons, barbers, garages, clinics and trades.

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Running your business

How to reduce no shows

What actually cuts no shows in a UK service business: deposits, reminder timing, cancellation windows and waitlists. With the rules on charging a no show fee legally.

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Running your business

Hiring your first employee

What a UK service business must do before someone starts: PAYE registration, a written statement of particulars, pensions, employers liability insurance and right to work checks.

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Running your business

Chair rental or employment?

The trade-offs between renting a chair to a self-employed stylist and employing them, why the label does not decide the status and what each means for your business.

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Running your business

What insurance do you actually need?

Public liability, treatment risk, employers liability, professional indemnity and equipment cover explained for UK salons, garages, groomers, trades and clinics.

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Consultation forms and consent

What a consultation form should capture, why patch test records matter for insurance and how UK GDPR treats the health information you collect about clients.

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Filling last minute gaps

A cancellation two days out is recoverable and a gap on the day usually is not. Waitlists, standby lists and off-peak pricing for UK service businesses.

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