# @luke_james_dolan on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQou-_FCIWl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61668420-luke-james-dolan-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-04T13:37:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Luke James Dolan (@luke_james_dolan) — https://gondola.cc/luke_james_dolan

## Caption

We keep waiting for someone to save the industry… but the fire engines aren’t coming. 

Rising costs, broken systems, apprenticeships on life support it’s no secret that the hair industry’s struggling. But here’s the thing: no one’s coming to fix it for us. The government’s not swooping in. The trade bodies are out of breath.

What will save us is innovation. Real, practical, industry-born ideas that make life easier for barbers, stylists, and salon owners who are tired of firefighting every day. I personally know of one up and@coming company that close to making a breakthrough and when they do, which they will, you’ll wonder what we ever did without them! snippitmedia 

Let’s talk recruitment and why I built Go.ROQIT goroqit it wasn’t just another job platform it was a statement. A way to flip the system, show availability, connect good people with real opportunities, and rebuild some pride back into the trade.

If we can spark more projects like YUX Colour’s on Dragons’ Den, and combine it with smarter tech, better networks, and actual collaboration, we might just keep this industry alive long enough to thrive again…

At least until the robots learn to fade or people sit in what looks like a photo booth, swipe to find the cut they want and then it’s carried out autonomously. 

So yeah… how do we make the hair industry not so shit? Answers below 👇 

#GoRoqit #HairIndustry #Innovation #Barbering #Hairdressing #ModernBarber #SalonLife #BarberTalk #BusinessForChange #EntrepreneurLife #FutureOfWork #HairPros #BarbershopCulture #UKBarbers

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## Tags

ukbarbers, salonlife, hairpros, businessforchange, innovation, hairindustry, entrepreneurlife, barbershopculture, barbertalk, goroqit, modernbarber, hairdressing, futureofwork, barbering

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