30/11/2025
My last post raised a lot of questions, to clarify, I didn’t make this decision due to the budget; it’s something I’ve been planning for a while.
The industry has changed a lot in the last 5 years, taxes have risen, employment rates have dropped, & apprenticeships are very low.
Self-employment & home salon models grew exponentially after COVID, tipping the balance for the majority of the industry to self-employed & retail flopped as you can buy everything online cheaper! Sadly, this has had devastating effects on a lot of salons.
We are a service-based industry, yet we pay 20% VAT. You cannot claim back on services, the ratio for claiming back on expenses is very low, in comparison to other industries.
Being a small business, I have been lucky that my overheads were manageable & my salon has been very successful & still is, but I’ve hit a crossroads, I cannot take this business any further as it is!
We are at full capacity, there is no room to expand services or client bases, for me to continue to grow, I need a commercial property, but trading as an employed business outside of my house would crucify me financially! So I needed to pivot!
My brand promotes flexibility, a work-life balance & wellness,therefore I want to be able to offer wellness services as well as hair, stepping into the core values of ‘the lifestyle hairstylist’
For us to provide this we need to think big, it’s a huge step, but I feel it’s organically coming together piece by piece!
Behind the scenes, I’ve been working on what I see as ‘our legacy’ &Coco
This is the future wellness company coming soon!
In the meantime, we say goodbye to ‘Cally Borg Hair’ and step into ‘The house of Coco Collective’ with a new business model, vision and mission because repeating the same cycle will only give me the same results, change is necessary for growth. I’m not sad, I’m excited, after a couple of years of ups and downs it feels great to have a direction and focus again 💪🏻
