Could see the end of the ‘Perfect Storm’ Salon Apprenticeship

Milli Trainhom and Riyah Colins

BBC Newsbeat

BBC Alex Richie painted in a salon. He has loose blonde for a long time and wears a black hood. Salon chairs, mirrors and customers behind him are going to their haircut. — Apprentice Alex Richie says that losing employees like him will have a huge impact on the industry

The owners of the salons are warning that they may not be able to take any new trainee within two years due to financial pressures.

The British Hair Consortium, which represents 50,000 hairdressing professionals, is calling the government to make changes on how they are taxed, saying that the current system is a “existence crisis”.

Apprentice has told BBC Newsbeat that schemes are an important opportunity for those who do not want to pursue further education.

The government has been contacted for comment but it did not respond.

Salon pays VAT at 20% like most businesses, but the British Hair Consortium says that the work they do is so labor that unlike selling products, they have less chance of returning those costs. Is.

Therefore, to keep the cost low, it has been said that instead of providing employment to stylists to avoid paying tax, the option is choosing to rent chairs in the increasing number of salons.

A CBI Economics report found that trainees are likely to have a knock-on impact on opportunities.

It is estimated that by 2027 “no new apprenticeship can be offered and direct employment may fall by 93% by 2030”.

‘Lots of salons crippled’

For 22 -year -old Apprentice Alex Richie, “It is quite scary to know that people will not get the opportunity that we get”.

She takes training in Darlington, County Durham, and dreams of having her salon one day, but worries that without trainees, the industry will actually struggle.

“You can’t run a salon without being a trainee,” she says.

“When you are clients, they are your main support. It will have a huge impact.”

A series of Jezz Alice Sachs are prominent of operation for saks, and say that until things change, hairdressing apprenticeship will be less attractive.

The salons are facing a “right storm”, which they say, which will affect how many trainees they can train.

“You have found the VAT issue which has always been difficult.”

But as a result of offering less employees’ jobs, there is also an increasing issue of unsafe or “disguised” employment.

Adam Hussain painted in front of a shelf of folded black hair towels. He wears a black shirt over a black T-shirt and wears big black glasses. — Adam Hussain says

This means that when they can work for the rules of a salon and be treated like an employee, they are really self-employed, so remember the benefits like sick pay, maternity pay and pension.

“And with National insurance is going And one National minimum wage hikeThis is making it very difficult to increase its prices to meet additional costs for those salons.

“All those things have been added together, just crippled a lot of salons,” says jazz.

For Adam Hussain, who are working towards two trainees of their level in hairdressing, benefits are large for people like him.

“Without this training, I will not be the place where I am today,” they say. “I’m probably God knows what.

“Apprenticeships are really good – you are paid to learn, you are learning on the job, it’s a career on very hands.”

British Hair Consortium wants the government to work quickly Spring forecast On 26 March, where Chancellor Rachel Reeves will make economic plans for the future.

Although the government did not respond to the request of the newsbeat for the comment, the Education Department has earlier stated that it was time to be taken seriously.

Last week it Announced change Which will allow employers to decide whether some trainees require mathematics and English qualifications to apply.