Protesters wore black cutting gowns and uniforms, and many sat down in Parliament Square for hair and beauty treatments.
The British Hair Consortium trade body wants Chancellor Rachel Reeves to tackle tax system "structural flaws" that it claims have a "disproportionate impact" on the sector.
The group wants VAT on labour costs trimmed from 20% to 10% in her spring statement. The BHC claims the industry faces a 93% decline in employment by 2030 without reform, and no new apprenticeships by 2027.
It says a CBI Economics study found independent salons and a "generation of skilled professionals could disappear".
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Protest signs included Give Tax The Chop and Cut the VAT To Save Jobs. Toby Dicker, BHC
co-founder, said: “It was an amazing turnout, 400-plus hairdressers, hair salon owners coming together for the first time.
“All we want the Government to understand is that if the...
The British Hair Consortium trade body wants Chancellor Rachel Reeves to tackle tax system "structural flaws" that it claims have a "disproportionate impact" on the sector.
The group wants VAT on labour costs trimmed from 20% to 10% in her spring statement. The BHC claims the industry faces a 93% decline in employment by 2030 without reform, and no new apprenticeships by 2027.
It says a CBI Economics study found independent salons and a "generation of skilled professionals could disappear".
image [https://cdn.magzter.com/1583504377/1742264902/articles/0tx0YXBHeUApRwiE4Usys/6714762477.jpg]
Protest signs included Give Tax The Chop and Cut the VAT To Save Jobs. Toby Dicker, BHC
co-founder, said: “It was an amazing turnout, 400-plus hairdressers, hair salon owners coming together for the first time.
“All we want the Government to understand is that if the...
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