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Just Cuts welcomes new Apprenticeship Incentive System, calls for states to follow
BUDGET REACTION – Australia’s largest employer of hairdressers, Just Cuts franchising, has welcomed the Federal Government’s Budget announcement to invest $265.1 million over four years to provide additional targeted support under the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive System.
Just Cuts leadership welcomed the key aspects of the support program, but wished it was more extensive.
Under the changes, apprentices training in priority areas will be eligible for an additional $2,000 ($5,000 in total) to assist them to undertake and complete their training.
Furthermore. employers taking on apprentices in priority areas will be eligible for an additional $1,000 ($5,000 in total) to help subsidise costs associated with employing an apprentice.
Just Cuts employs more than 3,500 stylists in over 190 salons across metropolitan, regional and rural Australia. At present 16 apprentices are training in New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Territory salons. 
With hairdressing a priority skills occupation, Just Cuts CEO Amber Manning said the network of family-owned salons across Australia wished they could make more use of the upcoming support.
“This is great news,” Ms Manning said. “But our salon owners just wish we could actually make more use of it.
“In NSW, for example, we are limited to a maximum of 15 apprentices being enrolled in an apprenticeship with Just Cuts at the one time, which is a missed opportunity as we have 78 Just Cuts salons in NSW.
“We’ve invested our own resources in developing our own approved apprenticeship programs because we recognise the need and the demand for hairdressers, and we have owners ready to support more apprentices to help grow the next generation of hairdressers.
“We need state governments to support our salons in closing the skills gap for the industry.”
Just Cuts is an Australian hairdressing franchise that bridges the gap between a barber and a high end hair salon. With salons in every state of Australia, on both the North and South islands in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom, Just Cuts is the largest hairdressing company in the Southern Hemisphere, performing more than 100,000 style cuts per week across three countries. 
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