Josh Sawyer is the new owner of The Library Barbers in Victoria Road South, Southsea, and has just completed a revamp which reopened on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Josh Sawyer and I'm the owner of the Libra Barbers.
00:04 So tell me how long you've owned this for?
00:06 So I took over back in September last year. I've been working here for the last 10 years
00:12 and I bought out the other owner sort of before back in September.
00:19 Tell me what you think of the new look?
00:22 I love it. It's been great to be fair. It's lovely to put my own stamp on it and make it my own.
00:28 Yes, it's turned out better than I'd expected.
00:30 And what's the reaction been like to existing customers?
00:33 Been really, really good. Support's been great. Online, people walking past,
00:38 knocking on the window, sort of popping in. Just yeah, it's been really great and
00:42 everyone's loved it, which is good.
00:45 So tell me some of your aims moving forward.
00:47 Hopefully sort of grow a little bit. We've just got one chair kind of left to fill.
00:53 We've already had Jack join us from the start of the refit.
00:57 So yeah, hopefully sort of grow the team and get some more clients in and have a great year ahead.
01:03 So what's your message for prospective customers and do you accept walk-ins?
01:09 Yes, so at the moment we've got Jack sort of trying to build a client base.
01:14 And so yeah, we are accepting some walk-ins at the moment. We've got a little bit more space,
01:18 but it's starting to get a bit busier. So we'd always advise the book,
01:22 which you can do via Instagram, and it has a book now icon.
01:26 So you can book online, buy there at the library barbers.
01:29 But yeah, definitely if you're in and around the area, do pop in and if we can do it, we'll do it.