It's not just approval and a quick metion on there website.
my rep has got my collegues training for free. plus I get discounts on product.

Sorry I'm not with you, what do you mean ?

so you are saying that the cost of say...2 packets of cigarettes a month is too much for you??? I have just opened my salon so I have a bit more time before I am doing more than ticking over....

No I don't have the money of 2 packets of cigarettes, to use to get a safe salon sticker, althought I dont exactly know how much a packet is, I know I am hygienically clean, I have done enough time at collage and teaching in health and safe to know that, I hope your salon does well.

Let's not get personal geeks please.
Everyone has a choice and doesn't need to explain themselves on a personal level.

I'm not altogether sure on this but I'd check who is offering the free training and discounts and get the full details of what the offers are directly from them.

Sorry I didn't explain why I changed my post.....but just check out who you are working with etc. and if free training/products at a reduced rate etc. xxx

That is a shame because it was started for the best reasons to help the industry. Trouble is, this type of thing has been tried a few times before and not as a business but as a voluntary situation and it didn't work then.

The industry as a whole has never really pulled together. Plus so many technicians get so defensive about their own practices and take general comments so personally (as can be seen on so many posts on here)

Shame if Safe Salons has gone into liquidation, I hate to see a business fail, especially one that had good intentions.

The thing is a Standards service should be free and salons that don't meet the criteria CLOSED DOWN, with a view to re-opening when/if they can prove they are safe! Standards should be country wide (with other countries embracing each others standards). As is the case with restaurants. Only when dodgy places are CLOSED will consumers start to question 'why'.

1999Judy said: If you're good and they're happy they return....
Sadly consumers keep returning to nail salons that have done dodgy or painful work which is why these places continue to thrive!!

Safe Salons sounds like it had the right idea & making a start towards better standards, while councils and government are doing very little, and I commend Safe Salons for this. However, we'd all fair better having a shut down/protest day on the steps of Parliament! Until someone has the power to shut down dodgy salons no-ones eyes will be open.

I can confirm that rather sadly Safe Salons have indeed called in the Administrators.

It's a real shame as they had some fantastic people working with them, who all had the industry at heart and were working towards a common goal of improving standards in our business.

It's a tough marketplace to be operating in at the moment, and the old adage of "cash is king" has never been so true. Many a GOOD business is being shown no mercy by the banks at the moment, and the shopkeepers of the UK (small businesses) are suffering the consequences of the complete mess the banking system have got themselves into.

I found out today.
It's very sad. I saw hollie about 3 weeks ago and she seemed her happy/perky self. It's a real shock.
My heart goes out to everyone at safe salons who put all their time and effort in to such a great idea.
x Clayre x