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Last month the government announced measures to help businesses and individuals during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

What support could be available to your business?

1. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

HMRC will cover up to 80% of the salary of workers who are not working but are furloughed during the coronavirus crisis and kept on the payroll, rather than being laid off. This will be worth up to a maximum of £2,500 a month.

Eye-opening new research shows that 35% of people prefer to book their appointments online, 25% of under 35s saying they exclusively book their appointments digitally. 

With many salons spending costly hours every week manually administrating appointments, advice from experts says it's time to make changes. According to thesalonbusiness.com, having online booking available is one of the keys to moving your salon business growth into autopilot.

Clients missing appointments cost the hairdressing industry a reported 1.2 million pounds every year according to recent research from Powered by Flossie.

Automated messaging systems have dramatically reduced no-shows according to salon owner Ken Picton.

“Ultimately we’ve got ourselves to a place where our clients rely on those automated reminders. For instance, if there is any blip you’ll be surprised at how quickly people do get in touch with us just to double-check their appointment.”

How can you avoid loss of revenue from missed appointments?