British hairdresser turns owner of 4 salons in 7 years in the UAE: Here’s how

British hairdresser turns owner of 4 salons in 7 years in the UAE: Here’s how

Dubai: Like a lot of other entrepreneurs, British expat Tara Rose Kidd took a chance when she started her first salon out of a villa in Abu Dhabi, given her limited access to funds and business expertise. But little did Tara know then that in the seven years since her entrepreneurial plunge, she would now be running a total of four salons, employ 60-plus staff, while also getting ready to open her fifth outlet soon. “I started out my business by setting up my first salon in 2015 in a villa in Khalifa City A. Because it was literally just me setting out on my own, the start-up expenses involved were quite different from the subsequent salons I’ve opened and what we’re doing now,” she said. “At first, it started with my husband and myself taking out a personal loan and using cash we’d saved in order to get the business going. It wasn’t necessarily the most elaborate plan, but it was exactly what I needed at the time for me to get the ball rolling.” Tara, who has been in the UAE for 14 years, estimates that she invested a total of about Dh400,000, with the rent for the