Guest blog by Tabitha James Kraan about her truly sustainable brand.
Here at Anne Veck we love Tabitha, her brand, her salon and her approach to sustainability and healthy hairdressing. We don't usually promote a product brand but Tabitha James Kraan 's products are different. But let her explain in her own words: "The brand is small and pioneering: Tabitha JK is Cosmos/Soil association certified so...Continue reading→
Imprisoned Eco-warrior Paul Watson and hairdressing. What’s the connection?
Imprisoned Eco-Warrior Paul Watson Receives Prestigious Conservation Award so what is the connection with hairdressing? Grant Brown at Happy Eco News explains: (edited just a little) Captain Paul Watson, imprisoned eco-warrior, marine conservationist and founder of several environmental organizations, has been named the 2025 The Perfect World Foundation Award recipient. The announcement comes from The...Continue reading→
Customer service myths dispelled
Thanks to Hairdressers Journal International for publishing Keith's thoughts on "customer service myths"... Keith Mellen, Managing Director of Anne Veck Limited, dispels a number of myths about client service.... Myth One: Channel all new clients to the least busy stylist I call this the 'busy-stylist paradox'. In the early days of Anne Veck Salons, we...Continue reading→
5 Top Tips for more sustainable hairdressing
5 Top Tips for more sustainable hairdressing, adapted from Green Salon Collective. Just got an email from the indispensable Green Salon Collective which we have modified into this blog, featuring some comments and alternatives from us (that is Anne & Keith) at Anne Veck Sustainability. We love hairdressing, but on the whole it can be...Continue reading→
Avant-garde: how to find (or free) your creative spirit as a hairdresser
Avant-garde: how to find (or free) your creative spirit as a hairdresser Is hairdressing an art form? Whether you’re turning out precision cuts on the salon floor or styling backstage for an international fashion brand, award-winning educator and sustainability expert Anne Veck believes that what we are creating as an industry is art – and...Continue reading→
Grey hair is fabulous! And that’s not a myth.
So, it's Friday, up you get out of bed, you are smiling, you are happy, you are going for drinks after work tonight. But then, as you are getting ready for work, you look in your bathroom mirror... and you see your first grey hair: "What the xxxx, I am too young for grey hairs!"...Continue reading→
Anne’s advice on how to provide a top quality wedding hair service
Anne Veck is a bridal expert and educator. Having run her own salons for over 30 years with a thriving bridal business, Anne sold her businesses in Oxford and Bicester and she now continues to work a column in the Oxford salon under new management "Kelly's Hair Oxford". Anne currently offers bespoke wedding hair training...Continue reading→
ECO-ANXIETY! DO YOU HAVE IT, WHAT IS IT AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.
It's easy to be worried about the future. The future of hairdressing with the decrease in new apprentices coming through, the global shift to the extreme right in politics, the Russian invasion of Ukraine (who's next if we don't win?) and not least the breakdown of the planet's life support system. Global heating and the...Continue reading→
Anne Veck Limited carbon emissions reduction plan or Much ado about nothing!
Following fast in the footsteps of our Nature Positive plan’s first annual review, here is the first annual review of Anne Veck Limited’s Carbon emissions reduction plan. Without the salons, our emissions are very small, hence Much ado about nothing. Perhaps more important, is that by sharing our plans we hope to convince others to...Continue reading→
Anne Veck Limited’s Nature Positive Business Plan. First annual review.
Get Nature Positive! Anne Veck Limited’s Nature Positive Business Plan. Anne Veck Limited’s Nature Positive Business Plan was due for review after our 23/24 trading year end 30 April. We completed the review on 28 June. Some progress has been achieved but the overall position has not changed significantly. But we haven’t gone backwards. What...Continue reading→