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Digital Boost for Beauty: the campaign helping beauty businesses transition to Making Tax Digital
Ria-Jaine Lincoln, aka The Beauty Accountant, has launched a campaign to prepare beauty businesses for the UK government’s upcoming Making Tax Digital (MTD) initiative. Digital Boost for Beauty, launching on 2 February 2025, seeks to ‘support hair and beauty professionals to transition from paper-based bookkeeping to digital systems – or…
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Nail techs, salons, educators & teams invited to ‘show off their sparkle’ in UK&I industry awards
Nail pros & business owners: it’s time to show off your sparkle and celebrate your strengths in the sector’s most prestigious awards event! It’s the ultimate celebration of creativity, passion and dedication to client care: the nail sector’s equivalent to the Oscars has returned for a 13th year – and…
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Cardiff nail tech: Offering vegan nail services has attracted 75% of my clients
Coral Kendall (she/they) of vegan nail studio, Oh Lush Nails, shares why she believes it is important to offer vegan services, the products she uses and what techs can do to become more vegan-friendly… “As a vegan of seven years, I was always going to run a vegan studio,” reveals…
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The hair, beauty and barbering sectors have called for an energy bill rebate ahead of Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement 2022. An energy bill rebate was offered to domestic homes in February, and so now the personal care sector hopes that a business rebate will become available, due to significantly increasing…
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Alice Morrey took the plunge to set up her own home-based salon in 2021, opening when lockdown eased. “I’ve been doing nails since 2011, mainly on myself, family and friends. Everyone who knows me has been pushing me to set up my own salon for ages, and I finally decided…
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Business coach, trainer & author, Liz McKeon, has announced the dates of her Business Owners Retreat at the five-star Princesa Yaiza Resort in Lanzarote. The event is held to teach business owners how to effectively grow their business, which is in the form of a group coaching experience with Liz,…
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So many techs think they aren’t good enough or ready to compete in industry competitions, such as the Scratch Stars Awards. I have news for you – no one is ever 100% ready. If you wait until you are ready, you’ll never achieve your goals. Having low confidence isn’t necessary…
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After the debut of his beauty line, Pleasing, in November, which saw a 3,329% increase in searches for ‘easy male nail art’, Harry Styles is making headlines in the beauty world once again. The pop star/actor has added a second collection to Pleasing’s product portfolio, titled ‘Shroom Bloom’. Marking a…
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The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art challenge has been announced as Emma Laverton. In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for March & created nail designs inspired by ‘Shades of Jade’ in the bid to win a prize from Pure Nails. Judged by Scratch‘s news…
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