The FHT Blog

Category: Business Hub

  • Join top retail buyers from the beauty industry at Enterprise Nation’s Beauty Exchange

    Enterprise Nation invites small businesses to be matched with retailers and entrepreneurs from the beauty industry, on Friday 12th June in London. This Beauty Exchange event will match small businesses with buyers from large retailers, with entrepreneurs who have successfully made it onto store shelves, as well as beauty bloggers and experts on topics ranging…

  • How to keep good records

    The new tax year starts in April, so HMRC is offering live webinars on how to keep good records. There will also be the opportunity to ask questions. Click on the links below to sign up and simplify your records next year. 20 March at 09:00   Business expenses for the self-employed 24 March at 09:00   Simpler income tax…

  • Mother’s Day promotion

    The FHT has produced the above social media advert for you to promote your therapy practice this Mother’s Day. Simply visit our Facebook page to ‘share’ it or visit our Twitter page to ‘re-tweet’ it, along with your contact details. Adverts can also be printed at postcard size – just click to full size, then print. Looking for other…

  • Guidance on your VAT returns

    It’s important that VAT returns are completed accurately and on time, so HMRC has developed a range of webinars to support businesses and to help make tax quick and simple. Live webinars last for an hour. You can ask questions during the presentation and get answers from the HMRC host. They’re aimed at businesses who are…

  • Valentine’s Day promotion

    A big thank you to FHT Member and 2014 FHT Student of the Year, Zoe Warner, for her great suggestion of promoting Valentine’s Day treatments with a social media advert. Simply share this image, along with your contact details, to advertise your therapies and professional status. The image can also be printed at postcard size…

  • Social media for your business

    Not sure how to use social media for your business? Here are some great tips from salon owner and blogger, Larissa Macleman. I talk with small business owners every day and the questions I get asked the most about social media are: I don’t know what to post? Where do I find the time? Shall…

  • Black Friday discounts

    It’s the busiest shopping day of the year. Did you offer Black Friday discounts in your therapy practice? Image: iStockphoto

  • Changes to VAT on digital services in the EU

    Do you supply digital services – such as online training or downloadable apps – to people outside of the UK? If so, there is new legislation coming into effect from the 5 January that may impact you. For more information about this legislation For information about a free online event about these changes Image: Dollar…

  • Free online CPD opportunities

      What is CPD? Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is essential to good professional practice, showing the public, service users and employees that members are committed to upholding high standards. FHT Members and Fellows are committed to CPD*, completing a minimum of 10 points each year, and this can be done in a variety of ways.…

  • Telepressure: the effects of email on health

    New research, published in the Journal of Occupational Health and Psychology, reports that the urge to respond immediately to work-related messages may affect health. Larissa Barber, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Northern Illinois University, has a name for this phenomenon: telepressure. It’s the urge to respond immediately to work-related messages, no matter when they…

  • Surviving tough times

    Paul Hitchens, Creative Director of Verve Brand Consultancy and contributor to International Therapist, offers some top tips to FHT members on how to build a brand during tough times… In tough times and at the onset of economic recession, the first impulse for many businesses is to cap spending. Despite the advice of seasoned businessmen to…

  • Building a visual brand for small business

    Join Enterprise Nation and iStock for a free webinar on Wednesday 12th November, 12.00pm – 12.30pm. Rebecca Swift, Director of Creative Planning of iStock, joined the photography industry over 20 years ago and was one of the founding members of the creative research team at Getty Images. Rebecca has published many trend reports and acts…