Listen in on THE TALK – only on the Salon Smart HUB
Grab your headphones and tune into Salon Smart HUB’s podcast THE TALK – a series of probing conversations between industry pros, exploring and deliberating key business topics pertinent to the environments in which they operate. Episode one’s just dropped – let’s hear it!
For our very first podcast recording, we invited two successful, independent salon owners to have THE TALK – about salon culture. Marc Trinder, owner of Trinder Hair Studios St Albans, and Matthew Sutcliffe, the mastermind behind Tint in Leeds accepted – admirably agreeing to chat openly about their salon businesses. What follows is 45 minutes of pure listening bliss – with Marc and Matt taking a deep and revelatory dive into the core of their creations, sharing fascinating insight about the genesis of their brands, speaking honestly about choices they’ve made – and even drawing unexpected parallels between the journeys they’ve taken, current personal priorities and their fundamental principles as business owners.
We hope this conversation – and those that follow – will fill you with ideas, inspiration and heaps of motivation. Keep your eyes (and ears) peeled here at the HUB, for new episodes released over the coming months.
Let’s get stuck in…
Fast Facts: get the lowdown on our podcasters…
Marc Trinder
- Opened Trinder Hair Studios with wife Sophie, 5 years ago
- Home-grown salon in the heart of St Albans with a team of industry experts from around the globe
- Named Best Hair Salon in Hertfordshire 2017 at the Muddy Stiletto Awards
- Won ‘Best Customer Experience Hertfordshire’ at the 2020 Salon Awards
- 22 years combined experience working with Charles Worthington himself
- Member of the Charles Worthington Artistic Team for 11 years
- Worldwide ambassador and educator for L’Oréal Professionnel Paris
- Editorial work featured in all leading UK consumer magazines
- Official stylist at the BAFTAs
- London Fashion Week backstage hair team regular
- Red-carpet expert – Uma Thurman, Meghan Markle, Kristin Scott Thomas have all had the Trinder treatment!
Matthew Sutcliffe
- Set up TINT with business partner Steven ‘Zak’ Whiteley in 2017
- Unique business concept, marrying a traditional salon environment with a team of freelance employees on the floor
- Education advocate! The salon provides bespoke training
- 20 years total working in the industry
- Trained at Westrow Academy, and worked up to the position of Creative Director
- Finalist in the Best Salon Team category at Creative HEAD’s Most Wanted 2020 awards
- Won the L’Oréal Colour Trophy in 2012 and crowned The It List It Guy in 2012, and part of the 2012-13 F.A.M.E. Team
- BaByliss PRO Ambassador for the past 7 years
- Named a L’Oréal educator in 2021
- International fashion show experience including Milan, Paris and London