A Scots salon owner who is facing an energy bill price hike of more than 300 percent after her estimate soared to nearly £7000 a year has told how she's been left with no option but to increase haircut prices. Jodi Hain will now have to fork out an eye-watering £6720 for electricity alone at the Something Different Hairdressers in Guardbridge, Fife, as the cost-of-living crisis worsens.
The 34-year-old, who has run the small business for the last eight years after taking over from her mum Paula Tournier and auntie, previously paid £1610.32 a year before being given the new estimate earlier this week. She is now being forced to increase her prices by around six percent from October but has raised concerns that it may not be enough to keep the 40-year-old family business afloat.
The mum-of-one is calling for more support for small businesses who are not covered by the Ofgem price cap that applies to domestic customers. She said: “It’s going from £1600 a year to just short of £7000 so it’s more than tripled. You’ve obviously then got to think about all the monthly outgoings and where we can cut back to try and make money.
