Salon tech could save you a days' work in admin a week

Beauty and personal care businesses could be losing over one full day each week to administrative tasks rather than being able to generate revenue through treatments or undergo training. 

According to research revealed by tech company Square, commerce and finance tasks are the biggest time and energy drains on the sector, with nearly half (43%) of UK spa and nail salons, barbers, tattoo parlours, piercing studios and personal trainers not using automated booking platforms or marketing tools. 

In addition, only one in five beauty and personal care businesses are automating marketing campaigns (21%) or inventory management (19%).

Automated booking systems can open a business to a wider clientele; the research showed that 42% of UK consumers want to make an appointment after hours or at the weekend.

Commenting on the results of their research, Samina Hussain-Letch, Head of Square UK, says:

 

“Manual booking systems are one of the biggest time drains for the UK's beauty and personal care businesses. Rescheduling appointments, taking bookings and sending booking reminders are demanding admin tasks for those without a booking tool. Solutions like Square Appointments play a much-needed role, simplifying scheduling, while maximising business' POS by taking payments through Square Appointments, putting customers and staff first - it's all about putting time back into their hands to do what they love.” 

Of those surveyed, beauty and personal care business owners said they would use the time saved by streamlining administration to finish work on time (48%), identify new services to offer (40%), look at training for their team (40%) and marketing for the business (34%).