what policies do i need in place to open a hairdressers?
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Contact the National Hairdressers Foundation (NHF).  They should be able to help you.
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it's absolutely up to you.  Tipping is an individual thing, but if you like your hair cut, and want to continue going to the same stylist, tip as much as you can afford.  15% is the *bare* minimum.
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find a skilled hair dresser and call them,first. ( some are just after your money so dont show up at thier salon too soon). I use something called Doo Gro and it works like crazy!  good luck!
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go to apperance for makeup and hair
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You will need several things to start a bar and grill business. It is best to check with your county and ask them what you need.\n\nTo give you an idea, here are the requirements for a similar type of business in Los Angeles CA (it may not be exactly what your county will require but it will be close):\n\n- Building and Construction Permit: Required for all new and remodeling construction, including change of occupancy.\n- Burglar Alarm Permit: A permit must be obtained from this department for any businesses requiring a burglar alarm or security system\n- Business License (Business Tax Certificate): Required for all entities doing business.\n- Conditional Use Permit/Alcohol Sales: Required for retail alcoholic beverage sales\n- Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit: Required by most businesses discharging wastewater to the sewer system.\n- Land Use Permit: Zone change, variance,conditional use permit.\n- Zoning Approval: Permitted uses, development regulations, design review, sign permit, parking regulations.\n- Business Personal Property: Property used in the operation of a business such as machinery, equipment, trade fixtures, etc. is taxable and subject to assessment\n- Fictitious Name Filing (DBA): Required if fictitious name is used\n- Public Health Operating License: Required of restaurants and businesses manufacturing food, ice or soft drinks\n- Alcoholic Beverage License: Any person or entity seeking to sell alcoholic beverages must be licensed.\n- Corporation, Company or Partnership Filings: If you are considering becoming a corporation, (either stock or nonprofit), a limited liability company or a partnership (limited, or limited liability), you must file with the Secretary of State's Office.\n- Occupational Safety and Health Information: Businesses with employees must prepare an Injury and Illness Prevention Plan. \n- Registration Form for Employers: Required to file a registration form within 15 days after paying more than $100.00 in wages to one or more employees\n- Sales & Use Permit (Seller's Permit): All businesses selling or leasing tangible property must obtain a Seller's Permit.\n- Employer Identification Number (EIN or SSN): Employers with employees, business partnerships, and corporations, must obtain an Employer Identification Number from the I.R.S. \n\nIt's a LONG list. \n\nYou may want to check with Service Corps of Retired Executives Association (SCORE http://www.score.org ), which is a group of retired executives provide guidance, management counseling and training to first-time entrepreneurs and current small business owners. Their service is free.
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Here are resources to help you start your business in Orlando, especially licensing and business registration requirements\n\nMyFlorida.com - Doing business in Florida http://www.myflorida.com/portal/Business\nhttp://www.cityoforlando.net/permits/formsfeesinfo.html\n\nOn grants - You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your objectives. These two sites are FREE and CFDA is the source of information of all fee-based lists and books on the topic.\n\nNote that federal grants are given to specific target groups in response to a specific need and has specific requirements. The Government does not give out money just for the sake of giving out money.  Grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments -- and rarely for individuals.\n\nYou may also want to read the following articles on starting a barber shop (and beauty salon, which comes close)\nhttp://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1106739781705&pagename=CBSC_FE%2Fdisplay&lang=en&c=GuideHowto\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol130/hairsalon.htm
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1. Don't settle for "average." Instead, commit yourself to be the best: always look for ways to improve yourself, your ability to sell and market yourself, and most important, your value to your customers.\n\n2. Whatever number you hear, keep in mind you'll be an independent businessperson, who rents a chair and you're responsible (usually) for your own taxes, insurance, supplies, training, advertising, etc. Plus, many shops take a big cut of your fee, so you have to get tips to make it work.\n\n3. Get out the yellow pages, go around to as many different salons as you can find, check 'em out, take pictures if they don't mind, take notes about what you like and don't like, and ask questions of the boss - tell her what you're thinking about doing, ask how they work there, what the deal is, and what advice she might have for you. \n\n4. If you find one you like, ask if you can get a job helping out, sweeping floors, answering the phones, whatever, for low pay, so you can learn more.\n\n5. Ask your regular stylist.  Also, ask her if you can go to lunch or drinks with some of her stylist friends and talk about the business. \n\n6. If you're still interested, do an internet search for "hair stylist marketing" or "hair salon success" and related topics. You'll find lots of useful how-to info, some free, some not. Read it and USE IT.
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You will need a number of licenses notably a public health license and preferably a liquor license as well. If you are customer with a bank and you have a good relationship with them, you would best off approaching them first. You might also want to read about setting up a business and writing a business plan. Finally, you might want to recruit key staff msot notably a chef if you are not planning to cook yourself. For advice relevant to your area, you might want to speak with your local chamber of commerce as well as your local business advice bureau. If you are a franchisee, the franchiser should provide you with advice about setting up your restaurant.
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You can read the article "How to Start a Hair and Salon Business" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol130/hairsalon.htm The article provides a solid introduction to the business, discussing points such as services you can offer, startup requirements, and success tips\n\nFor in-depth information, I suggest reading the following books (either borrow from your library or buy from your favorite bookstore)\n\n- Start Your Own Hair Salon and Day Spa by Eileen Figure Sandlin \n- 101 Media and Marketing Tips for Salon Owners... by Nanette Miner\n- Creating an Excellent Salon: A Guide to Business Practice for NVQ Level 3 and Higher Qualifications  \n- Milady's Standard System of Salon Skills: Hairdressing \n Beyond Beauty: Cosmetology Business Information and Resources  \n- Salonovations' Day Spa Operations  \n- Successful Salon Management\n\nStarting a small business takes a lot of courage. But, as they say, courage does not pay the bills. To be successful – to stay in business – you need more than courage. You need a combination of hard work, skill, perseverance, and lots of luck. \n\nSome things you need to consider:\n- "How can I support my family while I build up by business?" \n- "What are my abilities?" \n- "Is there a market for the product or service I have chosen?" \n- "How long will it take this business to reach the financial goal I have?" \n\nYou may want to read the article "How to Start a New Business Successfully" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol51/launch.htm , which lists six steps to launch a new business successfully:\n\n1. Provide a benefit.\n2. Determine the fit with your market.\n3. Right timing is everything\n4. Be ready to support your business\n5. Develop a blueprint for success\n6. Market, market, market\n\nI recommend that you read the following books:\n\n- What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business : Real Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs \n- Starting From Scratch: How To Start A Business When You Don't Have Money \n- If You're Clueless About Starting Your Own Business and Want to Know More \n- On the Move : How to Succeed and Survive As an Entrepreneur \n- How to Make 1000 Mistakes in Business and Still Succeed
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Do a search on "errand service" or "personal concierge" \nLook at the individuals who had created their own business and website.\nRead what they do and how much they charge.\nDetermine what services you'll offer, what your hours are, how much you'll charge (and not lose money) and how you will take and record orders.\nI'd suggest passing out flyers and putting an ad in the newspaper.\nYou could also contact the companies within a high rise office building to try to get clients from their employees.  I might even be more professional, identify what businesses (with a lot of centralized employees) are in a particular office park/building and call the HR director to make an appointment to meet them for 15 minutes to tell what you are offering.
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You can read the article "How to Start a Hair and Salon Business" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol130/hairsalon.htm  The article provides a solid introduction to the business, discussing points such as services you can offer, startup requirements, and success tips\n\nFor in-depth information, I suggest reading the following books (either borrow from your library or buy from your favorite bookstore)\n\n- Start Your Own Hair Salon and Day Spa by Eileen Figure Sandlin \n- 101 Media and Marketing Tips for Salon Owners... by Nanette Miner\n- Creating an Excellent Salon: A Guide to Business Practice for NVQ Level 3 and Higher Qualifications \n- Milady's Standard System of Salon Skills: Hairdressing \nBeyond Beauty: Cosmetology Business Information and Resources \n- Salonovations' Day Spa Operations \n- Successful Salon Management\n\nYou can go to SCORE http://www.score.org for help in writing a business plan. They are typically retired businesspeople who are volunteering their time, so their service is free.\n\nAs for grants, it is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nNonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.\n\nEven if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.\n\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html... \n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\n\nMost of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program \n\nGrants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs \n\nFor private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don't have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.\n\nhttp://www.cfda.gov\nhttp://www.grants.gov\nhttp://gtionline.fdncenter.org\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants.htm\nhttp://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html
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Hello I own a salon in Alabama and you do not have to be licensed to open the salon but you do need to have a managing stylist on staff while you are in operation. In Alabama you do not have to go to school to become a hairdresser you can apprentice it takes longer and you will still have to take state board to get a license.\n\nThe best thing to do is to check with your local state board and see what the requirements are for your state. \n\nGood luck we have the best job in the world making other people pretty!! :-)
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Business Link is something run by the government to help small businesses like grooming salons. They have a section on health and safety www.businesslink.gov.uk Good luck with your course, I own a grooming salon and good groomers are in short supply.
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there is different requirements, depending on what type of business it is.  a good place to start is at a book store, like Barnes&Noble, they should have a book whith guidelines.
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um... call fashion salons. Or call hair salons. wait call both.
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i am a hair stylist and i say yes but when you call to tell them what happened they will tell you to come in and they will check it to make sure it wasn't anything you did or could have done to mess it up. if you really wanted to you could make them fix it and give your money back.
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How about incentives. sales, price cuts for select products jsut to get people in the door. How about a special opening for preferred clients?\n\nGood luck!