Alan d are following Government recommendations and we won’t be closing our Academies at the moment. We are however asking all guests to both London & Ipswich schools to wash…

Article appeared on Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) website – February 28, 2020 During National Apprenticeship Week, colleagues from VTCT visited Alan d Hairdressing Education’s London centre. There we spoke to some…

Article appeared on Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) website – February 9, 2020 As part of the National Apprenticeship Week celebrations, colleagues from VTCT visited Alan d Hairdressing Education, an apprenticeship training…

Article appeared in Modern Barber Magazine – January 17, 2020 There’s a massive skills shortage in barbering and a rising concern from professional barbers about the quality of skills found…

Can we? Maybe, if we all make our own small gesture. Speaking personally, my first try at being “green” was about 3 years ago when I bought my first real…

I’ve been sitting at my desk puzzling over a note I wrote to myself about 8 weeks ago and finally I’ve decided to write about it in the hope that…

It’s blog time again! After the Summer holiday season it’s now time to look at what’s going on in the world of Hairdressing & Barbering. There is all the upheaval…

I’ve just come back from 10 great days away in the sun and as we all know, sitting around firstly clears your mind and then starts you thinking afresh. Well,…

I got an email this morning asking if we had any new Apprentices that we could place with this particular West London salon. My usual response was to ask the…

Sad news last week! A competitor of ours, not more than 2 miles away from us in the City of London, a training school dealing with private hairdressing, barbering &…