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Finally Covid $ for Independents/Self-Employed!
Booth/Suite Renter *** Self-Employed hair/skin/nails professional *** Independent Contractor/1099 FINALLY there is Covid Relief $ for you! You’ve probably heard all the adds aimed at employers for “ERC” relief funds. We at the PBF led the way over a year ago in this regard and have successfully been helping thousands of …
Here is My Why. Personal Story from Cancer Survivor Leonie Waite, Hairstylist and Owner of Franzine Beauty, Talking About Living Benefits
My name is Leonie Waite. Here is my why. At the tender age of sixteen, I first realized I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I was always making money finding odd jobs because my mom was a single parent of six kids. I became successful and started making great income …
PBF Now Offers Virtual Healthcare Services
The Professional Beauty Federation (PBF) is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with GVC Health Tech and it’s disruptive App product, Give Virtual Care, to offer for the first time to beauty and barbering professionals a turn-key affordable virtual healthcare membership solution that includes unlimited, on-demand, virtual urgent and general …
Introducing Pro Beauty Pay™ – Our Industry’s Merchant Payment Solution
Over the next few weeks, we will be rolling out some exciting new partnerships that pass considerable savings and valuable benefits to our beloved followers. We hope some of these new offerings will be of value to you, as we worked hard to negotiate the best deals for our barbering/beauty …
PBFC Guides Employers to New Federal $$$
Beauty Federation Announces New Service to Help Salons and Beauty Owners with New Government Tax Credit Opportunity Up to $33,000 Per Employee If You Qualify! July 15, 2021 — Sacramento, CA — The Professional Beauty Federation of California is pleased to announce the launch of a turn-key, full services platform …
SB 803 and Its Impact Explained — Podcast Interview
Hair Game podcast host and Salon Republic founder, Eric Taylor, interviews PBFC Legal Counsel/Advocate Fred Jones about the potential implications of our beloved industry if SB 803 as currently drafted becomes law. This long-format interview answers many of your questions about this dramatic reform legislation, including not only the threatening …
From PPP Funding … to PPP Forgiveness
Anyone who has followed our recent work will know that the PBFC established an unprecedented, nationwide program to get our industry badly needed and well-deserved PPP relief funds from the federal government. That effort helped guide thousands of behind-the-chair professionals and establishment owners to this little pot of gold, something …
PBFC Guides Our Industry to the Pot of Gold
If you are an establishment owner, a booth/suite renter or self-employed professional, we will help you secure government relief funds through our unprecedented online portal, so please read this full article. As most of you are aware, the Professional Beauty Federation of California has been standing tall in defense of …
President Biden Prioritizes Our Industry For Next 2 Weeks!
President Joseph Biden announced that he would direct the Small Business Administration to only accept PPP applications from self-employed/sole proprietors and companies with fewer than 20 employees for 14 days beginning this week. This prioritizes our industry applicants more than any other economic sector! And this second round of $284B of PPP …
Salons & Restaurants Sue Governor Newsom
Since 1999, the Professional Beauty Federation of California has striven to give voice to California’s 620,000 hair/skin/nails licensed professionals and 53,000 licensed barbering/beauty establishments. In recent months, we have been very active in trying to keep our so-called “non-essential” but safe businesses in operation, including a concerted #OpenSalonsNow campaign and …
