Senior Head Stylist

George trained in Bristol for the famous Shaggers, worked in London for Christopher and Jingles and bought his experience and skill to BA1 Hair over 20 years ago.

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George’s Quote

“I love hairdressing always have.

I do both the colour and cuts on my clients.

This gives me total control of the look I want so I can achieve a tailored look to suit my clients needs.”

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Customer Testimonial

“Oh George please don’t retire what will I do?

Loving all my colours and looks.” Georgina.

Senior Head Stylist & Salon Trainer

Billy has been working for BA1 Hair for over 28 years. Classically trained in London working on the Sassoon principles he’s worked in Copenhagen and Los Angelis before coming back to the UK and starting at BA1 Hair.

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Billy’s Quote

“I love working a great shape in to my clients hair I’m obsessed with getting it right.

I’m know for my precision cutting and passion for my work.”

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Customer Testimonial

“Billys been doing my hair longer than I can admit. From day one I have always felt safe in his hands. He’s a craftsmen and works with great care and attention. Thanks Billy.”

Senior Head Stylist & Head of Training

Jon’s a a Kent - London boy but trained and worked in Bristol.

He started working at BA1 Hair 27 years ago as a head stylist before becoming salon trainer 10 years ago.

Jon loves training, sharing his knowledge and seeing the apprentices blossom into brilliant stylists.

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Jon’s Quote

“You can never stop learning and sharing your knowledge. Love hair, love teaching, love cutting.”

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Customer Testimonial

“I had my hair cut with Jon who has an amazing talent. I have curly hair so always nervous about how the cut is done but he is the best also the salon is lovely the staff are friendly and above all the standards are high. Thank you BA1 ❤️ “

Senior Head Stylist, Trainer & Extension Specialist

Jessiy’s been with BA1 for 17 years. Having started as a Saturday girl she quickly moved on to training and worked her way up the ranks to senior head stylist. She’s a true part of the Ba1 family.

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Jessie’s Quote

“I started cutting my friends hair at 14, everything came naturally especially wedding hair and putting hair up. I like to think my clients become more like friends.

I get to make them feel fabulous about themselves while learning about each other’s lives meaning we both finish with smiles on our faces…. Plus wonderful new hair. I do specialise in hair Extentions but I like to keep my clientele varied so I keep my work fresh and flexible.”

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Customer Testimonial

“Love Jessie doing my hair always meticulous work, she is so professional. I always feel safe and well looked after. Thanks Jessie!”

Senior Head Stylist, Salon Barber & Trainer

Josh started as an apprentice 16 years ago passing his exams and quickly following up with trips to the Sassoon academy in London. Having BA1’s education and his early trips to London gave him a passion for cutting over colour and a love for accuracy and precision. Josh’s speciality is in cutting short hair such as bobs, pixie cuts and barbering.

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Josh’s Quote

“I love the creative aspect of my job. Working here at BA1 is great because everyone here is always pushing to learn and improve which makes it feel like we are always doing more than giving people the same old haircuts every time they come in.”

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Customer Testimonial

“Josh is such a craftsman works with such care and attention, love him doing my hair. Samantha Huite

Senior Head Stylist

Katie is one of our longest standing stylists. Starting as a Saturday girl in 2004 and working her way up through the salon, she now has 18 years experience behind her and has quite literally grown up here!

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Katie’s Quote

“I love cutting, Great Lengths extensions and all aspects of colour, but over the years I have built an excellent reputation amongst the blonde people of Bath. Being blonde myself I feel i really understands the need for getting the foils so close to the roots and will always give extra time, care and attention to ensure her clients are never disappointed.”

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Customer Testimonial

“Absolutely love Katie nothing is ever to much she always gives that extra, plus my blonde hair is gorgeous. X “

Senior Head Stylist

Hannah has come back to her roots at

BA1 hair, starting as the Saturday girl at 15 and gaining 18years of experience.

Hannah favours Aveda because the products and colour are powered by nature and it can achieve personalised outcomes every time.

I love to see the whole transformation, colour and cut also for my cuts to feel effortless at home and the colour to be natural and healthy. I'm attentive and really enjoy working with my clients to get the exact results. Having curly hair myself, understand the the complexities it can bring and feel that benefits the client to feel confident and positive about their natural texture.

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Customer Testimonial

"Hannah is completely fabulous; definitely the most talented hairdresser I've ever been to!

She's been colouring and cutting my hair for many years…... She takes great pride in her work and has an excellent eye for natural looking colour and flattering shape and style. She listens carefully to her client and gives honest, thoughtful advice. Her cutting is so skilful - the shape always lasts incredibly well between cuts.

She is very professional - always punctual and very reliable. Hannah is also a lovely warm person, easy to talk to, full of fun and brimming with positivity - I always look forward to my appointments with her!”

Debbie XX

Head Stylist

I have over 20 years hairdressing experience in cutting and colouring. I trained at Ba1hair many years ago and frequently attended courses at the Aveda Institute, London. After working many years at BA1 I decided to travel to Australia where I continued to work in an Aveda salon, expanding my knowledge and experience.

Several years later I returned back to Ba1hair working every Thursday, it’s lovely to be part of the Ba1 family again.

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Carly’s Quote

“I absolutely love my job. I am professional, hard working, I take huge pride in my work, and care about the experience my client receives and the service I offer.”

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Customer Testimonial

“Having Carly as your hairdresser is a privilege. Her special creativity has always made me feel good - why else do I come from Cheltenham every few weeks !" Serita

Head Stylist & Founder of Eddie’s Street Cuts

Eddie has been part of the BA1 Hair family for over a decade. From trainee to head stylist and now a salon educator.

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Eddie’s Quote

“A simple thing like a haircut can really boost someone's confidence, this is what drives me to do more.

I am a creative cutter my specialities are Bobs and short hair. I have a passion for helping the homeless community in Bath and Bristol by cutting their hair for free. I feel a haircut can help change lives because giving your time is one of the best gifts you can give someone.”

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Customer Testimonial

“Eddie is an absolute legend. The whole experience from having a great head massage to Eddie masterfully cutting my hair was brilliant.”

Head Stylist

Gee has been at BA1 Hair for 8 years, after having completed a degree in Textile design. She wanted to take her love of creativity, self expression and artistry into the world of hair and hasn’t looked back since! Gee enjoy’s all things surrounding colour and cut, but especially thrives on creative bold colour and strong shapes.

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Gee’s Quote

“Hair can show the world a part of our personality, I love making a client feel truly themselves and will always push to better my craft, both technically and visually. “

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Customer Testimonial

“Had a cut and colour with Gee who was brilliant. Listened to what I wanted and made helpful suggestions. Im delighted with the result. Vanessa.”

Head Stylist, Aveda Colour Ambassador, Salon Trainer

After leaving a job in publishing at 26 Kate had a total career change. After 3 years working as our receptionist, she started on the salon floor. Kate’s now senior head stylist and one of our salon educators in colour.

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Kate’s Quote

“I ensure my cuts are easy to manage at home, and last.

I am a visual hairdresser which means I create cuts that look and sit right, and arent based on technicalities. Colour is definitely the favourite aspect of my job

I am creative out of work, I do illustrations and abstract art which lends itself perfectly to the art of hairdressing.”

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Customer Testimonial

“Kate’s creativity shines through in her work, she is a talented artist and she always listens to what I want.”

Head Stylist

Nick has been at BA1 hair for 10 years now we know he don't look old enough). Having worked his way up from an apprentice fresh out of school, he is now head stylist with a brilliant clientele.

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Nick’s Quote

“I do almost every aspect of hairdressing including cutting, colouring and barbering. I like making people feel happy and creating looks and styles that last. I would say I'm a real people person and love a good chat. I enjoy doing both colour and cutting because it gives such a nice variety to my job.”

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Customer Testimonial

“Nick is brilliant. He is someone instantly felt at ease with, he explains (especially with allll my questions about what he's doing) with patience and clear understanding of what he is doing. Hair cut always excellent and he never makes me feel rushed, making sure that what have come in to get, get no matter what time cost that is to him.”

Head Stylist

Beth joined us in November 2021 she loves being part of the BA1 family. She’s worked in this industry for over a decade, specialising in wedding hair, blowdries and balayages and believes that your hair is your first impression, your individuality and your crown.

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Beth’s Quote

“I work and live by the quote if you truly love your job it doesn’t feel like work. I want the salon experience to speak for itself, I’m a bubbly friendly personality, building relationships and making clients feel not only comfortable but safe and understood is so important. They can become your friends, family and future.”

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Customer Testimonial

“My whole experience with Beth was INCREDIBLE! I was worried about booking my hairdo coming from out of town on a really tight timeline, but now wish I lived there so Beth could be my hairdresser! Beth understood the look I was going for immediately and had amazing intuition.”

Senior Stylist

Caitlyn is another brilliant stylist who rose through our trainee academy passing her exams with ease. After joining us on the salon floor Caitlyn's work surpassed all our expectations with its quality and precision and has risen still higher to hold the well deserved title of senior stylist. Whether cutting or colour work there is little that we haven't seen Caitlyn excel at and she's only getting better!

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Caitlyn‘s Quote:

“I started in the industry at the age of 15, hairdressing is somethings I’ve always wanted to do, qualifying at the age of 18 has given me a head start. I favour ladies colour and cut, I love the satisfaction of a balayage blend, the precision of each foil in a full head and the sharpness of a blunt Bob. Styling my clients hair is something I really enjoy, like bouncy blow dries to beachy waves.”

Stylist

Having started with us only 2 years ago as a trainee Ava has smashed through our training academy at record pace completing all three exams before we had time to blink. Her precision, care, creativity and most of all her unrelenting dedication made it an easy decision to invite her to join us on the floor. Both you as a client and us as a salon can expect big things in the years to come from this incredible young stylist.

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Ava’s Quote:

“Whilst training, I jumped at every opportunity I was given as I'm always up for a challenge. I absolutely love hairdressing, from the creativity to the socialising.

I like to keep variety in my work: from blunt bobs, to super layered shaggy haircuts and rich glossy brunettes, to bright bombshell blondes and more!”

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Customer Testimonial

“Ava’s energy is amazing from the moment I sat down in her chair I knew I was in safe hands!”