Self-Employment Guidance for Level 3 Hairdressing Apprentices

advice, to ensure that apprentices have a solid understanding of the factors associated with starting up and running a business.

During one of the sessions, Wendy Brown, a Business Adviser from Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, emphasised the importance of considering finance when starting a business. She advised the apprentices to use apps to track their income and expenses and to set targets to help them achieve their goals. Additionally, Wendy provided guidance on the costs that come with self-employment, such as business planning, understanding your market and marketing.

Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce Training has recognised the need for advanced hairdressing apprentices to understand how a business runs, given the growing rate of self-employment, including ‘rent a chair’ in the hairdressing industry.

As a result, the team at Chamber Training has joined forces with the Chamber’s business start-up experts to develop an enterprise and selfemployment knowledge module to complement their apprenticeship studies. The module gave an insight into commercial business and self-employment, as well as financial