Solo Operator's Business Event & Prosecco
2pm-4pm

Join Susan Routledge and exceptional Salon Owners who will be presenting six different high successful business Models. 
Receive an exclusive goody bag worth over £100 and a prize draw to win business support from Susan Routledge.

2nd March, 2025

  • Arrive & Refreshments and Networking

    Arrive & Refreshments and Networking



    14:00 2nd March, 2025

  • A welcome from Susan Routledge

    Susan Routledge

    A welcome from Susan Routledge

    Followed by interviews with speakers and roundtable discussions


    A welcome from Susan Routledge

    Susan Routledge

    Susan Routledge is a Multi Award Winning Salon Owner, International Business Consultant, and trusted Industry Advisor Susan has been in the Beauty Industry for over 38 years and is recognised in the Top UK Industry Influencers for her passion and dedication.  Susan founded and has grown her Clinic of 36 years in Co. Durham,to be the largest independent Beauty Salon in the Northeast of England. She is also one of the Directors on the Professional Board for BABTAC helping to represent and raise Industry Standards for the Beauty Industry. She is also a committee member for The Har & Beauty Charity. Her down to earth, light-hearted approach has made her an International Speaker and a long established Awards Judge. She has an online business turnaround programme called ‘Salon Success Freedom’ and is the creator of the Exclusive Beauty Directors Club, an ever-growing global membership and close community for salon, clinic, and spa business owners with business resources and multi expert advice and guidance. Susan is the founder of her trademarked STABLE business formula, plus the Author of ‘The Little Book of Client Retention’ and the international no 1 best selling books, Best and the Best 1 & 2. Her podcast, Beauty Business Matters addresses salon business issues via interviews with high profile professionals and CEO's from the Beauty Industry. 


    14:15 2nd March, 2025

  • Speaker Presentations

    Gemma Holt

    The fors and againsts going from solo to small team

    ,

    Andrea Simpson

    How to make exceeding the VAT threshold a great and super profitable business strategy

    ,

    Carole Lacey

    Consistently double your turnover with 3 simple moves

    ,

    Laura Stonehouse

    The power of collaborations to secure consistent clients

    Speaker Presentations


    Speaker Presentations

    Gemma Holt

    The fors and againsts going from solo to small team

    Speaker Presentations

    Andrea Simpson

    How to make exceeding the VAT threshold a great and super profitable business strategy

    Andrea Simpson is renowned and much sought after facialist, hailed for her mastery in her advanced autograph facials – a blend of science and holistic art. Andrea is synonymous with innovation and excellence in skincare. An accomplished international educator, author and mentor, Andrea is the founder of an award-winning skin boutique nestled in the charming village of Melbourne, Derbyshire. More than a practitioner, Andrea is a skin expert. Her in-depth understanding of skin physiology and cutting-edge technologies empowers her to craft bespoke treatments that transcend conventional boundaries. Her touch has graced the faces of royals, diplomats, celebrities and journalists alike. Her clients aren’t merely beneficiaries of her expertise; they are recipients of a skin journey as unique as their fingerprint sprinkled with exceptional client care.

    Speaker Presentations

    Carole Lacey

    Consistently double your turnover with 3 simple moves

    Carole Lacey, an award-winning facialist, skin specialist and owner of Waterside Aesthetics and Wellbeing based here in my home town of Kingsbridge, South Devon. With over twenty five years experience in beauty, wellbeing and aesthetics, Carole is now an expert in luxury skin treatments and optimum health and wellbeing protocols, including laser specialities, skin boosters, Dermalux LED light therapy, SkinPen Precision, CollagenWave, ZinZino Wellbeing and many other cutting edge medical aesthetic modalities.

    Speaker Presentations

    Laura Stonehouse

    The power of collaborations to secure consistent clients


    14:20 2nd March, 2025

  • Networking and Prosecco

    Networking and Prosecco



    15:30 2nd March, 2025

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