My story
38 years behind the chair
Hi, I'm Scott. I wanted a job where I could be creative but still meet and mix with people, and make them feel good about themselves. Hairdressing gave me all of that. It started with a work experience placement and I never looked back.
Thirty-eight years on, I still love it for the same reason: making people look and feel better.
Read my mission and what it's like at Bravo →
- 1988
Work experience
Aged 15, on a placement that was meant to last a few weeks. It turned into a career.
- Hampshire
Creative Design
My first salon. I worked alongside a fantastic stylist called Pia, who taught me the basics and made it fun and inspiring.
- Training
Sassoon & Toni&Guy
Trained with two of the most respected names in hairdressing.
- The plan
A name is born
The salon was meant to open in Basingstoke, next to the Haymarket Theatre, so "Bravo" felt perfect. Fate had other plans, but I loved the name, so it stayed.
- 3 Sep 2001
Bravo opens
The first Bravo opened on Bartholomew Street, Newbury, with just three chairs.
- 2002
Too small
Within a year we'd outgrown it and moved a little further down the road. That turned out to be too small as well.
- 2005
Just right
After a touch of Goldilocks syndrome, Bravo settled into 57 Cheap Street, and it's been home ever since.
- Now
Full circle
The theatre next door never happened in 2001, but a new theatre venue has now opened right next to the salon. Bravo!
- Every year
Still learning
A week out for training with the likes of Sassoon and Not Another Salon, plus online and in-person courses, so you get the latest cut and colour techniques.
