The Australian Hairdressing Council The AHC

As a business owner, you should be paying for the rights to play music in your salon, whether you simply have the radio on in the background, or play your favourite playlists via streaming services such as Spotify. Why you ask? Well, just like how every creative - including hairdressers - deserves to be rewarded when people use their services, music is no different. There are always so many questions when it comes to music licensing and copyrights... How do you work out the fees? Who gets pai...

The AHC has always had a really great relationship with the Australian Taxation Office, and the reason for that is we strongly believe it's so important that our members and the wider hair industry understand their obligations when it comes to paying taxes. Today's guest on the AHC podcast is Emma Tobias, an ATO assistant commissioner who specialises in small business taxation. Emma has some amazing tips, advice, information about incentives, and so much more during this interview....

Australia is a very multicultural country, there's no doubt about it. And with the rainbow of nationalities that reside here comes a myriad of hair styles, colours and textures. Most hairdressers are accustomed to working with the most common hair type - straight and fair - however when it comes to textured locks, there's definitely a fear factor, most likely brought on by a lack of understanding and training in these specific types of hair.Today's guests on the AHC podcast are AHC member Ala...

Dialling the next generation of salons: The Concierge is on Line 1. We think you'd all agree owning a business would be SO much easier if we could just concentrate on doing hair and making our clients feel and look beautiful, and not have to worry about all the other hats we have to wear when we run a business. One of those hats is understanding the whole digital space - which not only can be pretty confusing and incredibly time consuming, but plagued with missed opportunities for your busine...

Do you ever wonder why you find some staff a breeze to manage, while others drive you C-R-A-Z-Y?Are you frustrated that what works to motivate one staff member does absolutely nothing for another?And why are some people naturally great at things that others find super challenging?Is it even possible to get very different personalities working harmoniously together?The answer is in understanding personality styles - the unique character traits and gifts that make us individuals. No personality...

Today's guest on the AHC podcast is Christo Hall, co-founder of Basic Bananas, a marketing mentoring agency for small businesses. Christo and his team have assisted thousands of different businesses, including salons, over the years, to master their marketing and increase sales, and today we'll be talking about how to effectively outsource your social media.We're all time poor, right? But as a business owner, you're probably struggling to manage all of your daily tasks more than most. You mig...