Hairdressers in the UK: Time to Regulate the 'Candy Floss Profession'? Part one - the genesis of a profession and the cast of characters, real and fictional, which colours the canvas
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This article considers the perhaps remarkable fact that there is no regulation, nor even compulsory registration, of the hairdressing profession in the United Kingdom. Part one includes a thumbnail history of its development, pausing to consider the colourful characters of fact and fiction which are part of the story. Part two examines the series of attempts at remedying the situation - up until the demise of the last effort - which failed because Parliament was more concerned on the day with banning foxhunting. It concludes that this apparently straightforward amendment of existing legislation is both necessary and long overdue
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Shears, P.. (2013). Hairdressers in the UK: Time to Regulate the 'Candy Floss Profession'? Part one - the genesis of a profession and the cast of characters, real and fictional, which colours the canvas. Journal of Business and Retail Management Research, Volume 06 Issue 1.
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Shears, P.. (2013). Hairdressers in the UK: Time to Regulate the 'Candy Floss Profession'? Part one - the genesis of a profession and the cast of characters, real and fictional, which colours the canvas. Journal of Business and Retail Management Research, Volume 06 Issue 1.
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Shears, Peter. "Hairdressers in the UK: Time to Regulate the 'Candy Floss Profession'? Part one - the genesis of a profession and the cast of characters, real and fictional, which colours the canvas." Journal of Business and Retail Management Research, Volume 06 Issue 1, 2013.
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Peter Shears. "Hairdressers in the UK: Time to Regulate the 'Candy Floss Profession'? Part one - the genesis of a profession and the cast of characters, real and fictional, which colours the canvas." Journal of Business and Retail Management Research Volume 06 Issue 1 (28 Jan 2013).
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Shears, P. (2013) Hairdressers in the UK: Time to Regulate the 'Candy Floss Profession'? Part one - the genesis of a profession and the cast of characters, real and fictional, which colours the canvas. Journal of Business and Retail Management Research, Volume 06 Issue 1
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- iii For example, in Queensland Australia: http://www.activehandstraining.com.au/index.php?id=15 and http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/workplace/subjects/hairdressing/guide/index.htm and across the United States: http://www.finallywhatyouneed.com/stateboards.html
- iv A survey by the Good Salon Guide in 1994, for example, demonstrated that 85% of clients were of this opinion.
- v Ibid.
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- x Ezekiel: Chapter 5, Verse 1
- xi The members of the joint corporation were to be known as “Master” - thus ‘Mister’ - the title still used by British surgeons rather than ‘Doctor’.
- xii The Royal College of Surgeons did not receive its charter until 1800.
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- xiv patent US775134
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- xvi http://www.loreal.com/_en/_ww/HTML/our-company/history-of-l-oreal.aspx
- xvii An expression used in the industry to indicate that the vertical list of timed appointments in a salon’s booking diary will be full
- xviii a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries
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