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Small Business and Careers Hub At Professional Beauty

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Welcome to

The small business and careers hub at professional beauty, How did it go?

It’s one week since the launch of the Directory at Professional beauty Excel and I’m not sure how words cover it.

On Saturday night myself and Sue Davies welcomed out guests to celebrate the launch of our (separate companies) The Hair and Beauty Directory and the SEJ magazine.

It wasn’t a fancy evening, but what it was, is a laid back, authentic get together of like minded people. The Directory has been 3 years in the making so it felt quite surreal to reach that point and stand back and see the success its already achieved.

It was just a few glasses of fizz for me as we had to be up bright and early to welcome our first hub guests to network.

We had spent months and many hours planning the careers and small business hub and it was apparent pretty early in the day that our plans of running a schedule of open tables just wasn’t going to work. So a quick pivot and we became a rather hectic drop in centre!

The volume of people that came in and got great quality help was staggering. Some very lucky people even had multiple coaches helping at once! The unique quality to the hub was the help and advice was targeted to the person who walked in.

We were incredibly lucky to have so many experts on hand to offer their help for free and I really hope those of you who attended gained some valuable insights.

Sunday night I was lucky enough to attend the professional beauty awards as a finalists. A huge congratulations to all that won on the evening and a big shoutout to the awards tram who pull off such a huge event.

We have much still to add to the site as we enter our next stage but as life would have it I suffered a bereavement in the middle of the show and lost my mum. Which has meant that all the plans I have had this last week to run promotions, share lots of information etc was put on the back burning. I’m sharing this because life happens, you make plans, you prepare every little detail and then life throws you that curve ball and you have to adapt and go with it.

Who it's for

Professionals

We have a brilliant networking opportunity each morning for you to meet and chat with peers

 

Business Owners

Day 1 is set up to support small business owners and also part of day 2. We have created a schedule to support you and your business, from how to identify your perfect client, to how to deal with complaints. We have a wide range of experts who will lead these conversations and support you. We also have a very experienced team of mentors to answer your questions and offer support

 

Students and those waiting to enter the industry

We have created a special section to help those looking for a career within the industry. We have a team or experienced experts to guide you in what qualifications to look for, how to apply for jobs and even what potential employers are looking for.

What to expect

  • A drop in centre and a mixture of scheduled discussions throughout the weekend.

  • We will also have a range of mentors on hand all weekend for you to pop in and chat with.

  • We are creating a space without boundaries, where you can be heard and your opinion valued.

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Our line up from the last event

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sue
Sue Davies
Head Mentor- Event host
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me
Helen Ward
Head Mentor- Event host
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sarah
Sarah Abel
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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debbie
Debbie Lewis
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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kristian
Kirsten Steward
Expert
Help desk
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liza
Liza smith
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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tacey
Tracy Fensome
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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donna
Donna Clayton
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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jamie
Jamie-lee Jones
Expert
Help desk

Safe space mentor – neuro diverse
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kerry
Kerry Beavis
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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nina
Nina Attfield
Expert
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tracey
Tracy Munro
Help desk
Safe space

Safe space Mentor- menopause
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sam
Sam Blake
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching

Safe space mentor – neuro diverse
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debb
Debbie Allen
Help desk
Mentor
expert

Safe space mentor
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carl
Carl Hinder
Expert
121 coaching
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kath
Kathryn Buckley
Help desk
Expert
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jo
Joanna Tompkins
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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amy
Amy Bates
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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Veerpal Kaur Sandhu
Expert
Mentor
121
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da
Davianne Beepot
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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ren
Renée Thornley
Help desk
Expert
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re
Ria Lincoln
Expert
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julie
Julie Knight
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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jamie
Jaime Godfrey
Expert
Help desk
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emma
Emma Jarvis
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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jem
Jemma Sandell
Mentor
Expert
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sara
Sarah Bennett
Expert
Mentor
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katie
Katie Nicholls
Expert
Mentor
Help desk
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jenna
Jenna Leigh
Expert
Mentor
121 coaching
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amy
Amy Burbridge
Help desk
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sarah
Sarah Tipple
Expert
Mentor
Help desk
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di
Di Hughes
Expert
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step
Stephanie Barnard
Expert
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Phillippa Holding
Expert
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Mentor

The Why

I attend quite a few events both in the UK and globally and gain a lot from this but as someone who doesn’t like to stand out I also don’t gain as much as I could.

My concentration levels are pretty low and engaging me is no easy task, so unless the speakers are very engaging I struggle. My worst nightmare is also having a microphone put in my hand to ask a question, so I also won’t interact.

I’m not alone with this and it got me to thinking if I feel like this and I’ve been in the industry for almost 3 decades and work as an educator who else is not connecting?

I was speaking to Sue (our co host) about this and we came up with the idea of a drop in centre, with a village feel. We wanted to strip back the barriers and connect. To allow a space to be heard and share their opinions, fears and experience.

 

There have been some serious upheaval within the industry in the past 5 years and business owners have to pivot fast to come out of the other side. This is causing a lot of anxiety  and for many the pressure of running a business is overwhelming.

So we decided to put together a weekend of conversations and structure to help. We were flooded with support and volunteers to help and became even more clear how much this support and changes are needed.

We are incredibly grateful to Professional Beauty for support this event and allowing them to use their platform to reach people