The hair and beauty industry’s national training provider, Kleek Apprenticeships has acquired the Colchester-based Easi Hairdressing Academy, a move whi.
Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment Services, which has long provided counseling and educational services to hundreds of at-risk young people, is scheduled to close on September 1.
NEVER more had hairdressers been appreciated than during lockdown. Everyone grabbed their scissors in the vain hope of keeping their locks in order - with some disastrous results. The clamour for those first restorative hair cuts was something akin to the Harry Potter books first coming out. But now the industry is facing its own crisis as the number of hairdressing apprenticeships has plummeted. The National Hair and Beauty Federation estimates the number of people starting hairdressing and barbering apprenticeships has dropped from 15,450 in 2016/17 to around 7,000 in 2019/20. Hairdressers fear the lack of information for school leavers is having an impact on the number of people coming into the industry.