Mia Price
New Member
Good morning, everyone
I am completely new to this group. I have been in the beauty industry for 18 years. I've worked in a salon and a health spa before making the decision to become a mobile therapist. I have owned my own business for 13 years now, which I'm pleased to say. I decided to then set up a salon from home since 2017 and I do love the fact that all my equipment is set up ready, which is so much easier. It was a hard decison at first because I was heavily pregnant with my first child and physically couldn't keep carrying my couch etc into my clients houses. I did lose a few clients as they didn't want to come to me after making that decision.
However now, I do have another dilemma. I still work from home, my work has slowed down due to the current lack of advertising, everybody's finances etc. I have 2 young children, I do need the flexibilty for school runs. My youngest is due to start nursery in September and my husband and I are entitled to 30 hours childcare. We are also currently in the process are moving house which is 30 minutes away. I am very nervous on what to do for my business. I can renovate the garage and set up another salon from home, this will cost probably around £10k, and I will need to find even more new clients. I will probably lose clients who I've had for years. I am stressed out at the moment. I just don't know what decision to make. I didn't know whether to do mobile again once or twice a week whilst I'm renovating the garage and trying to get new potential clients for when the garage has competed. I obviously still need to earn money, but I need the flexibility with the children. My husband is self employed, in property renovating which he works full time, so I am the main parent who does the school run and gives the children their dinner, until my husband gets home from work. I'm just looking for a little advice really on what are my best options on moving to a new town 30 mins away, self-employment, and having childcare duties. I have also considered getting a part time elsewhere if I'm not making enough money. My hourly rate is £27 gross, before taking products off etc. Is this even good?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Apologies for baffling on lol.
Many thanks
I am completely new to this group. I have been in the beauty industry for 18 years. I've worked in a salon and a health spa before making the decision to become a mobile therapist. I have owned my own business for 13 years now, which I'm pleased to say. I decided to then set up a salon from home since 2017 and I do love the fact that all my equipment is set up ready, which is so much easier. It was a hard decison at first because I was heavily pregnant with my first child and physically couldn't keep carrying my couch etc into my clients houses. I did lose a few clients as they didn't want to come to me after making that decision.
However now, I do have another dilemma. I still work from home, my work has slowed down due to the current lack of advertising, everybody's finances etc. I have 2 young children, I do need the flexibilty for school runs. My youngest is due to start nursery in September and my husband and I are entitled to 30 hours childcare. We are also currently in the process are moving house which is 30 minutes away. I am very nervous on what to do for my business. I can renovate the garage and set up another salon from home, this will cost probably around £10k, and I will need to find even more new clients. I will probably lose clients who I've had for years. I am stressed out at the moment. I just don't know what decision to make. I didn't know whether to do mobile again once or twice a week whilst I'm renovating the garage and trying to get new potential clients for when the garage has competed. I obviously still need to earn money, but I need the flexibility with the children. My husband is self employed, in property renovating which he works full time, so I am the main parent who does the school run and gives the children their dinner, until my husband gets home from work. I'm just looking for a little advice really on what are my best options on moving to a new town 30 mins away, self-employment, and having childcare duties. I have also considered getting a part time elsewhere if I'm not making enough money. My hourly rate is £27 gross, before taking products off etc. Is this even good?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Apologies for baffling on lol.
Many thanks