Practical advice to fill your appointment book, cut no-shows and grow your hair salon.
Kitomba was born in Wellington and knows New Zealand salons better than anyone, but it will not tell you the price until you ask for a quote. Here is what its terms actually say, and what the alternatives cost a Kiwi hair salon.
The 1980 hairdressing regulations are gone, but your salon is not a law-free zone. Here is what still applies, council by council, and what is simply good practice.
The hairdresser registration regime is gone, but your district plan, your home insurer and IRD all still have opinions about the salon in your spare room. Here is the honest picture.
A job ad stylists actually answer, a fair trial cut, the paperwork MOM and CPF expect, and what hiring a foreign stylist really involves: recruiting for a Singapore hair salon, from start to finish.
A job ad stylists actually answer, a skills trial that stays legal, the written terms the WRC expects and a first month that keeps your new hire: recruiting for an Irish hair salon, from start to finish.
A job ad that stylists answer, a trial period that holds up, an employment agreement signed before day one and a first month that keeps them: hiring for a New Zealand salon, step by step.
MOM's real wage tables for hair stylists, why the median swings so much, employer CPF on top of gross pay, and how to budget a stylist's package for your Singapore salon.
The minimum wage is the floor, the market sits well above it, and KiwiSaver plus leave push the real cost higher still. Here is what hairdresser pay looks like for a New Zealand salon owner.
The legal pay floor, employer PRSI, the tips and gratuities notice and the payslip rules: a practical wage guide for Irish hair salon owners.
Copying the salon two units down is not a pricing strategy. Here is the chair-hour maths in Singapore dollars, the verified benchmark tiers from express chains to Orchard, the GST display rule, and how to raise prices without losing regulars.
Copying the salon down the road is not a pricing strategy. Here is the chair-hour maths in New Zealand dollars, the GST rules, and how to raise prices without losing your regulars.
Copying the salon across the road is not a pricing strategy. Here is the chair-hour maths in euro, the 1976 display order, the new 9% VAT rate, and how to raise prices without losing regulars.
