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  • Negotiating with Landlords during Lockdown: Advice for Salons

    Small retail businesses such as salons have been hit hard by the lockdown. With many businesses explaining that landlords have not been open to negotiation, Hairnews attended a webinar held by Pavlo Phitidis of www.aurik.com This was an extremely interesting and valuable session for smaller retailers, many of whom have experienced difficulties so far in negotiating with landlords. Here is the take home message from this seminar. Although this lockdown has been like a punch in the face for retailers, you need to get up and continue fighting! Rental costs represent a severe and onerous fixed overhead, and small retailers need to lead negotiations in order to fight another day and to regain the ground that you have severely lost during lockdown. Interesting facts We are likely to be severely impacted for the next six months by which time we will have a better idea of the new “normality”. A vaccine, which will return things to “normal”, will most likely only be available mid 2021 at the earliest. The end of lockdown will not bring business as usual, but rather a slow start to the economy. Lockdown will ultimately depend on the capacity of hospitals, and additional lockdowns may occur periodically if hospital capacity is reached. Lockdown Timeline The webinar divided the lockdown timeline into three parts: 1.During the current lockdown 2.The month after lockdown (at this stage this is May) where things will slowly start up again. 3.The six months after lockdown (at this stage, May to October) where business will be up and running again in a limited way and vastly different from how we know it. It is worth remembering that the coronavirus is similar to a state of war. We are not in an environment where contracts can be enforceable and rather in an environment where what should be done is what is morally right. No contract ever envisaged what we are going through, whether there is an Act of God clause or not. Contracts are based on the principle of fairness and it is this principle that we must try to achieve when negotiating with landlords. No thinking person will allow debit orders to run, when they need the money to feed themselves, their families, and their wider community. People will remove the money in order to survive. We are now in a state where survival comes first. We are now in the Red Zone! Red Zone means: • Act immediately to save your business. • Get any money in that you can. • Stop all costs that do not directly support your revenue generation. • Try your best to keep your staff afloat as you need them, and so does the economy. In the Red Zone, you need to set up negotiations. At month end, debits will run and overheads will land! You need to make sure that nothing leaves your bank account between now, and the time you have successfully negotiated. • Stop or cut costs • Gather your people • Share your plight widely so that people understand the situation small retailers are in. • Communicate with landlords! You need to make sure that the landlords understand your reality. With the increase in rates and taxes and electricity costs, inflation, the weakening rand, and regular power outages, businesses have been compromised for months and there has been no opportunity for most businesses to build a buffer large enough to cope with the current circumstances of lockdown. Your clients’ reality has also changed and this will affect their behaviour going forward which will in turn impact your ability to rebuild and the speed at which you can rebuild. You have to come up with a different business model which may well be more expensive, and incur additional costs you did not have previously to keep clients safe. Negotiate with Empathy Landlords are also facing challenges, and their ability to negotiate may depend on their own ability to negotiate with their funders and investors. Also, they have operating costs. Pest control, cleaning, security and other services still need to run. Showing empathy builds trust and creates a win win. Keep Your Staff If you possibly can, avoid retrenchments. Staff know that they are all in this together, and most staff will rather take a pay cut or shorter hours, than have one person retrenched. Plus, you will need your staff to restart your business when things open up again in our new reality. This may include reduced density of clients, protective clothing, etc. You must communicate strongly with your landlord that you have no buffer and you are in a serious plight, however at the same time you understand their plight. Have Plans in Place from April to October What will you do when you open again? How are you going to run your business and make changes? You need to demonstrate that you have created a place of safety for clients. If you can do this it will set your business apart, but it will mean increased expenses. For the next six months you will be navigating this new landscape. Thereafter you can go forward with more confidence and build on what you see is working. After six months it will be your time to invest in growth. If you have a business model that is well adapted and you can operate it and demonstrate consistent performance, there will be superb locations available and leases on offer at rates you will not have seen for a long time! Income Projections Project that your turnover in the next six months will probably be 30 to 50 percent of a normal month. Prepare for the worst case scenario and plan for the best, it will be a rough run. This is why you need to variabalise all possible costs aggressively! You have to plan to negotiate a six month deal with landlords because this is how long it will take for things to settle. What works in May might not work in June. If you have no success in negotiations and you feel the counter offer is not realistic you will have no choice but to step back. The Negotiation Process You need to approach the situation with empathy and earn your rights before you negotiate, by being totally transparent about your situation. Apply for all forms of Covid-related relief and apply for bank relief measures. You need to prove that you have exhausted all other avenues and you are approaching your landlord because you literally have no other choice. During April and May: You should ask for “rental forgiveness” for two months. April and May should see no rent payable. You need this time to recover and you need what money you have, to keep your team who will power your business. Losing trained staff is a huge setback! To make up for it, offer an extension of your rental contract by two months at its end. However during this time you should offer to pay all the operational costs as your landlord needs cleaning, security etc for the centre to survive. This deal will give you breathing space and you can use the rental money to reshape your business and support your staff. From June to October: You should ask for rental to be flexible and to be calculated as a percentage of sales. Remember your landlord is a partner in your success. Negotiating a percentage of your turnover will give them an insight into your success or your plight. During this time you should pay the operational costs as before. Remember to emphasise that your landlord needs you there! How many tenants can a centre lose before the vibrancy and appeal of the centre collapses? Your salon creates joy and variety among the big chain stores. At present it is unlikely that a new tenant will step in to fill a space if an existing shop closes. Negotiation Tips 1. You need to use your heart and head. It is an emotional time, let your feelings help you connect. Understand this person is also battling, locked down, home schooling. Talk about them, talk about you. A purely rational argument is not as effective. 2. Prepare and be honest. Show your books and your numbers. Be very honest about your totals. 3. Be persistent. Most will say no at first, but do not take no for an answer. Continue engaging with them, once lockdown is over meet at their offices, contact them on their cellphones! In the webinar Pavlo Phitidis said that as a last resort, you should temporarily stop paying rent and instead place what you can in an attorney’s trust account. 4. Landlords may act tough and pull out contracts. You must persist and be open. Show them you have your plan in place, and how you have reached it. 5. Be objective driven. If an alternative offer does not work for you then consider closing. 6. At the end of 6 months you will have a better idea of your landscape, and then renegotiation can happen based on the new reality. The Bigger Picture If instalments fail due to funds that have been used to feed people, this is not fair. It is also not fair that any retailer prevented from trading should have to face costs that are not linked to generating turnover. It is not fair that a landlord should make concessions if they don’t also get them. In the best case scenario, government should implement a complete freeze on all instalments for the next two months, or else there is a high likelihood the most important people (small business owners who have invested everything into their business) may be forced into a state of impoverishment. Upcoming Opportunity There will be a round table webinar discussion with retailers as well as landlords, with Bruce Whitfield, on Thursday 16 April at 10 am to discuss the situation from all sides, and what measures can be requested from government. Please attend this if you can! The more retail businesses who get involved, the more power any actions and appeals will have. You will find the sign up button HERE. Watch the full webinar HERE

  • How to Claim UIF via TERS: Bargaining Council’s Step by Step Advice and Assistance

    UIF CLAIMS VIA TERS SCHEME The Department of Labour has published new regulations which outline South Africa’s new Covid-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS). The regulations note that during the country’s 21-day lockdown, companies will have to shut down and employees laid off temporarily. While employers are encouraged to continue to pay employees, where this is not economically possible, the Department of Labour says it has created a special benefit under the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) as per the TERS. The National Bargaining Council for the Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry do not have a MOA with the Department of Labour in place. This is an item we will be looking at in future, however, for now we urge you to please apply to this scheme as an employer. How the scheme works • Should an employer as a direct result of Covid-19 pandemic close its operations for three months or lesser period and suffer financial distress, the company shall qualify for a Covid-19 Temporary Relief Benefit; • The benefit shall be delinked from the UIF’s normal benefits and therefore the normal rule that for every four days worked, the employee accumulates a one day credit and the maximum credit days payable is 365 for every four years will not apply; • The benefits will only pay for the cost of salary for the employees during the temporary closure of the business operations; • The salary benefits will be capped to a maximum amount of R17,712 per month, per employee and an employee will be paid in terms of the income replacement rate sliding scale (38%-60%) as provided in the Unemployment Insurance Act; • Should an employee’s income determined in terms of the income replacement sliding scale fall below the minimum wage of the sector concerned, the employee will be paid a replacement income equal to the minimum wage of the sector concerned; • For the company to qualify for the temporary financial relief scheme, it must be registered with the UIF, must comply with the application procedure for the financial relief scheme, and the company’s closure must be directly linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Illness benefit Where an employee is in quarantine for 14 days due to Covid-19 pandemic, the employee shall qualify for illness benefit. In terms of the regulations: • Confirmation from both the employer and the employee must be submitted together with the application as proof that the employee was in an agreed precautionary self -quarantine for 14 days; • In this instance, the confirmation letters from the employer and employee shall suffice; • Should an employee be quarantined for more than 14 days, a medical certificate from a medical practitioner must be submitted together with continuation form for payment How to apply Employers can apply by reporting their closure by emailing covid19ters@labour.gov.za and there shall be an automatic response outlining the application process. Employers will be required to furnish the Unemployment Insurance Fund with the following completed documents: • Letter of authority from the company; • Signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) from the employer with the UIF (only of more than 10 employees) It should be noted that an employee who is being paid by the employer during this period is not entitled to this benefit. When you send a mail to covid19ters@labour.gov.za, the below is what is sent to you: Dear Employer C19 TERS: Temporary Employee / Employer Relief Scheme The request for financial relief under the C19 TERS scheme is acknowledge. Kindly note easy aid to assist the employer to access the employee benefit during the closure period The key documents to submit or complete • Letter of authority ,on an official company letterhead granting permission to an individual specified to lodge a claim on behalf of the company • MOA ( completion of the agreement between UIF , Bargaining Council and Employer ) • Prescribed template that will require critical information from the employer • Confirmation of bank account details in the form of certified latest bank statement • Evidence / payroll as proof of the last three months employee(s) salary(ies) Please ensure all documents are attached and mail to Covid19UIFclaims@labour.gov.za Further, ensure correct completion of documents needed and take care when indicating the National Minimum wage. This is crucial and incorrect stated values might result in serious delays in the processing of the benefit payments The means to payment is critical and provide banking details as per the mode selected, example ,if the payment should go to the employer, then the employer special banking account should be given. However, proof of payment is required to satisfy that the payments indeed went to the employees. This is also critical, if further payments are required Please note the enquiry telephone to enquire on the claims lodged: 012 337 1997 Please click on the links below to download the required information: MOA TERS (Only needed if you have 10 or more employees) MOA UIF Employer Payroll Companies Template Payroll Companies Sample CSV FOR EMPLOYERS National Disaster Payment Excel Template Employers Account Information Covid 19 TERS Easy Aid.pdf 2 Guidelines-To_Convert_Excel_TO_CSV_V2 INFORMATION SHEET Undertaking Letter Should you need any assistance with the documentation, please feel free to send a mail to accounts@hcsbc.co.za and a contact person will be appointed to assist you.

  • Vogue Italy’s Dramatic April Cover

    The original cover of Vogue Italia’s April issue showed a model wearing a blue-checked Louis Vuitton twinsuit. But in the insanity of current events, Vogue brought out a different cover, in nothing but white. This starkness is breathtaking, and at first glance, very sad, it seems like the bleaching out of joy and an admission that fashion is a thing of the past as Italy battles with the coronavirus. However, beyond the emptiness, a brave new meaning emerges. "White is rebirth, the sum of all colours, the light after darkness," the editor explains. "White is the colour of the uniforms worn by those who put their own lives on the line to save ours. It represents space and time to think, as well as to stay silent." This cover looks to the light that beckons beyond the terrible moment. "Above all," concludes the editor's note, "white is not surrender, but a blank sheet waiting to be written, the title page of a new story that is about to begin."

  • How can You Benefit from Using Salon Products?

    Are you keen to generate revenue for your salon during lockdown and beyond? Salon Products is an online portal where your clients can order their products direct – and you get the commission, just as if they were buying from your salon. Salon Products is an authorised supplier to deliver during lockdown, so there will be no delay. Now you can market an even wider range of products to your clients, and they can choose from whatever is available through Salon Products, even if you don’t stock the brand yourself. This makes it even easier for you to benefit when your clients buy their favourite professional products. Here’s a step by step guide: 1. You register your salon easily and quickly for a low monthly subscription fee that can be cancelled at any time. 2. You notify your clients that they may now buy their professional products through your salon, to be couriered to their home! 3. Your clients order and you are immediately paid the commission portion of the product, which is usually 20 percent of the retail price. 4. You continue to have the benefits of this incredible service even after lockdown! For more information, or to sign up now, go to www.salonproduct.co.za or message Dirk on 082 302 6009. Keen to learn more? Watch the video below. Click HERE to Sign Up with Salon Products and let us start this amazing journey. You might also enjoy... Salon Products: Delivering to your Clients during Lockdown Charles Junior Louw Wins Wella Creative Artist Award Worldwide Advice from Bargaining Council on Destigmatising Coronavirus

  • Covid-19 Update on Bond Relief Measures

    With changes and updates constantly being published, the Hairnews team are doing our best to bring them to you as soon as we can, so that you can benefit from these measures. Please take a look on our Covid-19 tab on the Hairnews website, where we are publishing everything that is relevant during lockdown, including education as well as business advice and relief measures. Here is the latest update on what the four major banks are offering, and how you can contact them to apply for your bond relief measures. You might also enjoy... Debt Relief Finance Scheme that Salons can Access Message from Terry Miles, MD of My Salon Software Cruise Ship Jobs will be Back, Bigger than Ever

  • Education and Empowerment Ahead This Week

    L’Oréal Home Academy and Charles Junior Louw with Wella Trendvision are hosting events this week, and there’s a stunning video out from Goldwell to watch at your convenience. Information below! It’s a busy week for online industry fabulousness. The awesome L’Oreal Home Academy has a fabulous line-up of Instagram-based education which is daily at 12 noon on @tarynloreal page and then again later on the guest artists’ page. Here’s the line-up: • • • • • • • • • • • Tomorrow (Tuesday) also at 12 noon, Charles Junior Louw, international Wella Trendvision winner, is hosting a live Facebook event. This is your chance to tune in and interact with Charles, and pick his brains on how you can create the winning entry this year! Don’t miss out on a fascinating event. CLICK HERE • • • • • • • • • • • • Goldwell Education Plus has uploaded two new short, inspirational videos and they are fab! Click HERE to view the Future Glamour Disconnected Shag styling tutorial. And CLICK here to view the Street Style Faux Mullet styling tutorial. Remember to click Subscribe to be notified of all future Goldwell videos as soon as they are released. You might also enjoy... Trichotin Hair Regenesis – Product info and Online Workshops Solignen Tondeo Scissor For Sale Win Big with L’Oreal Professionnel and Dyson Supersonic

  • Tuesday Motivator

    Our Tuesday motivator – a reminder that though it might seem forever, our lockdown time is temporary! You might also enjoy... Styles: Berlin Collection by Marco PM Team, Spain Styles: Mullet Collection by Christian Rios, Spain Connect Online with the Wella Professionals Community

  • Debt Relief Finance Scheme for Small Businesses and Sole Proprietors, Including Salons, is Announced

    Update on 29 April: After having heard of numerous salons applying for this funding and be declined, as well as hearing of numerous businesses in other industries being declined, Hairnews must inform the industry that this fund is not an efficient way of applying for debt relief and the funding seems to be difficult to obtain. However we would still urge salons to take the time to apply as even if you are declined, it provides proof that you have exhausted all avenues, and this can be important when you are (for instance) negotiating with your landlord. As we progress through lockdown, additional relief measures are constantly being updated and announced. This government-funded relief scheme includes debt finance relief which is available for all businesses. HERE is more information on the debt relief scheme, and how to apply. Please note that to apply, businesses do have to be CIPC-registered and South African owned. There are no BEE requirements for any of the Covid-19 debt relief schemes and anybody who states this is spreading fake news. All businesses are entitled to apply for relief funding if it is needed. Hairnews will continue updating readers as soon as more information is made available. You might also enjoy... Benefit from Trichotin Hair Regenesis and Online Workshops Covid-19 Dedicated Tab on Hairnews for all Business and Education Resources during Lockdown Rupert Fund for Businesses Temporarily Closed

  • Charles Junior Louw Wins Wella ITVA Creative Artist 2020

    She glances into the camera. She reminds you of a classic Grace Jones. Her hair, her bone structure, her piercing eyes transports you to the late 70’s. Before you’re too mesmerized, you become fixed on the colours in her hair, its shape, and how much it reminds you of an architectural masterpiece. Perfectly juxtaposed: fierce but feminine, strong yet soft. A feeling that can only be created by vision, craft, and mastery. One that won its creator the title, ITVA Creative Artist of the Year 2020. Charles Junior Louw - Wella Master Colorist and owner of Hashtag Colour Lounge – was welcomed into the TrendVision hall of fame in March. In a career-making announcement, he became the first South African to win this category at Wella’s International TrendVision Award. Charles Junior Louw On a cold winter’s night in 1987, Charles Junior Louw made his debut on the world stage. A fitting arrival for a boy with personality larger than life. Charles Junior Louw – ITVA Creative Artist 2020 His professional career was preceded by personal battles that taught him that perfecting something comes with practices, with refinement, and with the courage to persevere. In 2019, Charles became a Wella Master Colorist and soon after he was invited to appear on national television and became a 6-week fixture on one of KFM’s morning shows, where he shared his love for hairdressing as well as hair tips with the listeners. He is talented, bright, young, and not so dumb. This boy is certainly going places. Debuting on the Wella world stage Oh, the places he will go… For now, it’s remains a virtual stage until the national lockdown has been lifted. Unfortunately, the ITVA Creative Retreat was cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Sylvie Moreau, President of Coty Professional Beauty says, “I’ve seen the sense of unity and strength amongst hairdressers during this difficult time and knew that celebrating these winners was not only a well-deserved recognition of their amazing talent, but a source of positive news for us all,” She continued. “Charles Junior Louw and the other winners represent the crème de la crème of stylists, having been selected from over 9,000 entries." The international Wella community has celebrated the 2020 winners through digital media and Charles has embraced the down time to relax and allow his creativity to flow. Charles, in his interview with Estetica Magazine, published on 3 April 2020, says, “Yes, it might be lockdown now for most of us, but my advice is to relax as much as possible and enjoy the time that was given to us with your love ones. When the world starts moving again, we will be killing it with all our creative souls and new ideas.” Read Charles’ full interview HERE. Model Ideline Akimana ITVA Creative Artist 2020 – An interview with Charles Charles Junior Louw will join his international counterparts on the Destination Event stage in September 2020. This event, held in Gran Canaria, hosts the most revered mentors and talented hairdressers from across the world. Winners of ITVA 2020 will share the stage with fellow creative artists and their hairdressing idols – the Destination Event Dream Team. About Destination Event 2020 The Destination Event is an inspirational mini break for both the Wella and Kadus Professional hairdressing family. These 3-day retreats are filled with educational shows, Look & Learns, workshops, and exclusive super-stylist Q&A sessions. We asked Charles to share his thoughts on winning ITVA Creative Artist of the Year 2020, the TrendVision journey and his love for the hairdressing craft. Here is the exclusive: What are you passionate about? My passion is hair. The art behind it and achieving immaculate results. Why did you choose hairdressing as a profession? Between being raised in a salon and always watching makeover shows, I knew I was destined to do this one day. How is your hairdressing style expressive of who you are? I love doing makeovers. The type of clients that book with me are mostly transformations. I love colouring with her/his skin tone and eye colour in mind. And I love cutting according to facial features. What would you like to say to hairdressers who are entering NTVA this year? I would encourage you all to enter and not let an opportunity like this pass you in life. You never know where this might lead to… What does it mean to you to have won ITVA Creative Artist 2020? It means the world to me to have won ITVA. Unfortunately, I celebrated in isolation, I jumped up and down like a child on my bed screaming. Which international artist do you most admire? Stephen Moody What inspired your winning look? The vision I had was a vintage inspired Grace Jones. I wanted to create a soft feminine feel reflecting with a vintage filter. Basically, an architectural masterpiece. Why did you choose Ideline Akimana as your model? Choosing a model is very important. It's so important to get someone who will fit the brief of your vision. She shouldn't just be photographed well; she needs to walk well when doing the live show at the finals. What was the most unexpected about the TrendVision journey? I was told the country is not ready for me yet. Don't let other people get you down. I won NTVA which was totally unexpected. Something even more unexpected was winning ITVA, only to realise the world is actually ready for me. What most excites you about the industry? The thing that excites me the most about hairstyling is makeovers. I love seeing how happy people can be when they realise how beautiful they can look with the right hairstyle. What would you caution TVA entrant against? Make sure you follow the competition rules. The given colour pallet and the look that they are going for. The theme is so important. What is something no one knows about you? I suffer from OCD. As a child I had to get psychological help to not wash my hands anymore, because we need germs. Funny I mention it now being in the times we are with Corona. About TrendVision 2020 TrendVision challenges, it pushes your creative limits but allows you to create something dreams are made of. It allows stylists to compete for the most coveted accolades in the hairdressing community This year there’s been a shift in the definition of trends and the way Wella speaks about hair fashion. Trends are no longer concrete concepts and are not defined by a select few, but rather by whole communities. Our TrendVision Awards 2020 competition follows the same principles. This year we expect competitors from each category to showcase their vision of what is trending, with an emphasis on highlighting individual beauty without a specified trend. For your chance at one of five international titles, enter the National TrendVision Award. More information can be found on the Modern Hair & Beauty website or contact us Follow Instagram Facebook You might also enjoy... Take your Vision to the next Level: Enter National TrendVision 2020 Keep Ahead of Change by Being Prepared with Koleston Perfect ME+ From Box to Bombshell by Charles Junior Louw, Hashtag Colour Lounge

  • A message from Terry Miles,  MD of My Salon Software.

    Having been born some years after the end of the second world war I have always been grateful to have not been born at a time when the World was at war. Life was unimaginably hard - basic, everyday things were considered a luxury and because food was rationed, people lived on food stamps. But life went on. Over the years we have seen a complete separation of people - the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Religions, classes, skin colour, sexual preferences and ever gender are continually fighting each other. And yet life goes on. Being a big sci-fi fan I always imagined an invasion by little green men as probably the best solution for bringing solidarity to the human race. If we wanted life to go on. Instead of little green men we have been attacked by a virus, who would have thought? But life must go on. It may be a few weeks or maybe longer, no one seems to know. But humans are very resilient and resourceful and we will beat this thing. Life will go on. In the meantime, as John Lennon once said, "life is what happens while we are making other plans". So what can we do to mitigate the impact on our lives and businesses? Our businesses might be closed for a few weeks but that does not mean we have to lose three weeks business. So instead of working in, we need to work on our businesses. Firstly believe that there will be an end to this nightmare. There will be a time when we will be able to open our businesses and start to live our normal lives. However, the things we do today, tomorrow and the next day will determine how quickly your business will recover. Things we need to do: Plan for the day you will reopen. Your clients will have been without their hairstylists for three weeks or more and will be desperate to get their hair done. Rather than wait for your doors to re-open, pre-book appointments for the first day you re-open. Start with your top clients i.e. The 20% of your clients that represent 80% of your turnover. This type of planning is the same as a top styling going on leave for two weeks. By pre-booking her top clients right up to the day she goes on leave and then having the appointment book full from the day she returns from leave, she could do 75-80% of her monthly turnover in just two weeks. Use this time to tidy up your admin. Most salons are computerised and every salon has duplicated clients on their data base. Now's the time to clean it up. If clients haven't been back for 12-18 months de-activate them (never delete). Your data base will become stronger by quality as opposed to quantity. Spend time on your stock system to see if there are ways you can improve the way you manage your stock. Not every item in your salon has the same sales or use-up-rate. Reset your model and re-order levels based on historical usage. You could save up to 20% on your cost of sales. Use the sms function to remain in contact with top clients. I guarantee you they are missing you as much as you are missing them. Using the sms function is so easy and...clients are able to sms back into your sms in-box. Even though salons will not be trading the My Salon team remain available to assist and advise on issues regarding the use of our software. Your salon may be closed but your business is not. Aletta - 0645046001 Terry - 0836500952 Bryan - 0614706359 We see a light at the end of the tunnel and share that light with you. Stay positive and stay safe. You might also enjoy... My Salon Software Offers Free Loyalty Programme My Salon Software Entrepreneur: The Software that Works like an App for Smaller Businesses Motivation Reminder from Terry Miles

  • Debt Relief Finance Scheme for Small Businesses and Sole Proprietors, Including Salons, is Announced

    Update on 29 April: After having heard of numerous salons applying for this funding and be declined, as well as hearing of numerous businesses in other industries being declined, Hairnews must inform the industry that this fund is not an efficient way of applying for debt relief and the funding seems to be difficult to obtain. However we would still urge salons to take the time to apply as even if you are declined, it provides proof that you have exhausted all avenues, and this can be important when you are (for instance) negotiating with your landlord. As we progress through lockdown, additional relief measures are constantly being updated and announced. This government-funded relief scheme includes debt finance relief which is available for all businesses. HERE is more information on the debt relief scheme, and how to apply. Please note that to apply, businesses do have to be CIPC-registered and South African owned. There are no BEE requirements for any of the Covid-19 debt relief schemes and anybody who states this is spreading fake news. All businesses are entitled to apply for relief funding if it is needed. Hairnews will continue updating readers as soon as more information is made available. You might also enjoy... Benefit from Trichotin Hair Regenesis and Online Workshops Covid-19 Dedicated Tab on Hairnews for all Business and Education Resources during Lockdown Rupert Fund for Businesses Temporarily Closed

  • Styles: Berlin Collection by Marco PM Team at Marco PM Estilistas, Spain

    This collection was inspired by the streets of Berlin, which is where we found ourselves being fascinated not only by the people, but also by its inspiring atmosphere and the street art which is overflowing throughout the whole city. This new collection represents freedom both for body expression and one’s own image and aims to highlight social diversity in a world that has overcome prejudice and taboos. Hair by: Marco PM Team @Marco PM Estilistas, Spain Instagram: @marcopmestilismo Photographer& Graphic Design: Mikel Muruzabal Studio Instagram: @mikelmuruzabalstudio MUA: Arturo Nuez Instagram: @bbpro_arturonuez Stylist: Visori Fashionart Instagram: @visorifashionartstudio Video: Miguel Goñi Instagram: @miguel_goni Models: Ivy, Iulia, Amaia, Johana, Beatriz Production: Andoni Guillén Products: Schwarzkopf Professional Instagram: @schwarzkopfpro.spain You might also enjoy... L’Oreal Professionnel Home Academy Programme for the Week Cruise Ship Jobs will be Back, Bigger than Ever Styles: Mullet Collection by Christian Rios, Spain

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