NHBF launches Skills Zone to support beauty businesses at a higher level
By Scratch Staff | 02 October 2022 | Movers & Shakers, News
The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) has created ‘Skills Zone’, a series of business support resources that can be accessed by members anytime via phone, tablet or laptop.
Skills Zone will host guidelines and lessons in line with the NHBF Professional Code of Conduct. Launching first under the ‘Time to Shine’ theme is a resource in partnership with the Pivot Point LAB educational platform that focuses on the areas that all salons have to navigate to protect their clients and business.
Lessons include:
- Understanding qualifications and training requirements.
- Being clear on health & safety.
- Understanding consultation, allergy alerts and industry tests.
- How to manage advertising, promotions and pricing responsibly.
- Understanding what you must ensure for pay and tips.
Richard Lambert, NHBF chief executive says, “Running a hair or beauty salon or barbershop business can feel very complicated, with lots of things that need to be in place to allow professionals to concentrate on building a client base.
“The launch of the Skills Zone, which can be found in the Member Benefits area at NHBF.co.uk, offers free access to the NHBF School on Pivot Point LAB. LAB provides newly developed professional standards resources to master the knowledge required to protect your clients and your business, in a way that fits in with your busy schedules.”
This development of the Skills Zone is part of the NHBF’s response to their independently commissioned report, Careers at the cutting edge: tackling the skills crisis in the hair & beauty sector, which highlighted the current challenges that the sector is experiencing.