A Nottinghamshire hair salon is celebrating 40 years in business and says 'investing in people' is one of the secrets to its success. The Arena Hair Salon offers everything from cuts to colour which has helped it to stay a cut above the competition over the years.
Head Stylist Martin Leach started the salon in 1982 after he returned to Nottingham after working as a hairdresser in London. He called the salon, Peach before a name change and it relocated to its current location in a historic Victorian schoolhouse on Duke Street.
"I opened a small shop in December 1982 which was originally called Peach Salon and I carried on there for about four years. As it got busier over time, I thought it was time to change the name and in those days, it mattered that it was alphabetical so we called it Arena," Martin explained.
