Hairdresser

Some 60% of bar and hair salon owners, 47% of restaurant and car repair shop owners, 43% of veterinarians and 22% of taxi drivers and owners, among other occupations, reported losses for 2023 incomes.

Hairstylist George Northwood demonstrates his technique using a straightening press

About 23,000 hairdressers and barbershops are operating illegally in Greece, the president of an industry federation has claimed.

Maria Sotiropoulou, president of the hairdresser and barbershop owners federation, said the existence of unlicensed shops deprives the state of revenue and represents unfair competition for the industry.

Hairdressers across Britain are being urged to do their bit for the environment by recycling snipped-off hair to help clean up oil spills, make compost or generate energy.

At an east London salon, Fry Taylor, one of the founders of the Green Salon Collective, demonstrates spare hair being used in depolluting filters.

The increasing interest in hair accessories such as wigs, snaps and extensions in recent years has also raised the demand for Turkish hair, which stands out for being thick and of exceptional quality.

Noting that it is not easy to reach Turkish hair as it used to be in the past, wigmakers say that the price for a kilo of Turkish hair has gone up to 10,000 Turkish Liras ($1,300).

Hairdressers and bookstores also open

Barbershops across Turkey will reopen next week after a 50-day hiatus as part of the country's measures to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Earlier this week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan outlined the country's normalization schedule, saying it would go ahead step by step.

Greeks are queuing up to get their hair cut or coloured when the coronavirus lockdown is lifted, although some have taken to cropping their own locks.

Hairdressers across the country have been taking calls from clients stuck at home fretting over odd-coloured roots coming through and people wanting tips on trimming hair themselves.

Greeks continued to blame “austerity” for their woes in 2015, Telegraph writes in an article on the most important incidents that marked 2015.

At the same time, the article says, Greece’s fellow EU members pointed to the country’s reckless spending as well as pay and conditions that more productive countries could only dream of.

Alberto Olmedo, a hairdresser living and working in Madrid, has a very unique perspective on what the perfect cut should be created.

Using a blowtorch and long swords, he artfully achieves the perfect  haircuts for his clients, as the video shows.