The Barbers Voice: Recent Episodes
Mike taylor
With 32 years experience in barbering, this podcast will cover everything for the barber, barbershop owner, student barber, barbering educator, or someone wanting to know more about the barbering trade.We will cover staff, payments, styles, registration, retail, employment everything you will need to know about the barber trade.
Just left school and want to be a barber?
If so this is the Podcast for you, Mike dives into the world of training schools, colleges and apprenticeships for barbering.
He also advises about the english and maths you will still have to study on your journey.
Mike has put his essential barbering teaching collection on his Mike Taylor Education You Tube channel.
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Mike speaks to BBC Radio about hair having no gender.
Barbering being a skill set that should be used on anyone that requires that type of haircut.
Find out what is going on at Generation Barber 2024.
May 20th tickets on Eventbrite... See you there....
What is a Master Barber?
How do you become a 5 star barber?
This episode tells all and explains how to be the best barber you can be.
after several email asking what is your favourite tool of choice Mike has decided to do a Pod Cast on types of tools he likes to use.
Mike will cover scissors, combs-brushes, clippers, shaving equipment, hairdryers and styling products.
Ian talks about barbering education in 2023. Also shares stories on his passion for teaching and teaching methods he uses.
Ian also talks about becoming an American Crew Educator and what they and he has planned for the coming months.
Where do you find good barbers in 2023?
Have you ever thought about training your own apprentice? If so this episode is for you. Mike talks over how taking on apprentices really works for him.
Listen to the second episode of live interviews. this time we welcome Giovanni de Lellis. Giovanni is a traditional barber who was taught by his dad. They all work together in a family run barbershop in Ipswich where the father has taught all three of his sons to barber.
Giovanni is also a practising trichologist, in this interview Giovanni explains why he got into trichology and what his working week consist of.
Mike gets down to the nitty gritty with Gareth Clark. Gareth has been a barber for 35 years, he owns his own barbershop. Gareth has all government recognised barbering qualifications and is a trained assessor barbering teacher.
Gareth has worked as a GBBA educator, been on all stage platforms over the UK including Salon International, Barber Connect, Barber UK and is hoping to be on stage at Generation Barber next year.
This podcast asks questions about the barbering industry, why are so many barbershops opening? Employing barbers, taking on apprentices and whats better, teaching barbering or shop floor barbering?
Let’s discuss what no one wants to discuss the rules of employment in the barbershop.
This podcast is set out to help barbers get a good nights sleep so they can be on the right side of the law and employ in the correct manner.
Too much to say in a post this pod cast gives out the full line up for Generation Barber and gives all the information available for the event on May 15th at City Gate Church Bournemouth.
The streets in the UK are full of barbers under charging for their skilled services.
In this Podcast episode Mike tackles this and explains why barbers need to charge more for their services and value themselves more.
This is one episode to share with your fellow barber friends and all start working together.
A slight different episode where Mike steps away from talking about business in the barbershop and discusses the most popular gents cut at the moment the fade.
There are so many different ways to fade, Mike shares his views on what he thinks is the best way to fade hair.
Music, is it a must for the barbershop? What type of you music should you play?
This episode answers all of your questions about PPL PRS licenses.
Also explores and talks about the value of music in the barbershop.
Its that time of year where kids are making careers choices. This Podcast shows complete passion for the hairdressing and barbering industry.
If you are thinking of getting into the trade this is the Podcast to listen to.
Since Covid the barbershop has changed so much. This episode touches on a massive talking point, what is best for your business a walk in system or an appointment system? It even discusses the current barbershop apps on the market.
The question Mike gets asked most is how do I become a barber teacher? This episode Mike gives his full advice on where and how to start if you want to start teaching barbering.
Mike tells his story on his battle with hair loss and gives his honest opinion on all of the treatments available to men.
This Pod Cast covers all the treatments available for men that are losing their hair or have lost their hair.
Anyone can be a barber and open a barber shop in the UK.
Listen to this Pod Cast and find out about the UK being unregulated and anyone can trade as a barber.
Hear Mikes opinion on the subject and how he wants barbers to be regulated in the UK.
Save the date 15th May Bournemouth town centre.
Generation Barber is a show designed to inspire student barbers, this day will be dedicated to the students and give them a day to remember.
Mike gives all experience and gives some top tips of how to open your own barbershop in the UK.
One of the hardest things in running a barbershop is recruiting new staff, finding a new barber to work in your shop.
This Pod Cast should give you direction in finding the new perfect staff member.
Is cash still king? Or is cash keeping this industry down? Is taking card too expensive? Or is taking card a must for your business? Mike has his point of view on this subject.
The government needs to listen! VAT makes us not want to scale or grow our businesses. Listen to Mikes idea on how we can push the industry forward with a level playing field.
Do intensive barbering courses work? Listen to this Pod Cast and Mike will give you the complete honest truth how he see's intensive barbering courses, also if they work or not.
A massive hello from Mike, just a little introduction into what this Pod Cast will be about and what subjects will be getting covered, also a little bit about myself and why a Pod Cast now.