Syer Hair & Beauty

Kenneth Syer commenced with Steiner at the Midland Hotel in Manchester in 1955. During his apprenticeship and styling years he dealt with many famous people, including Shirley Bassey, Rita Hayworth, Patula Clark and Lady Barberolli.

At the age of 24 he began his management career when he achieved the position of general manager of Steiner UK and maritime division (this included 14 ships plus the QE2). He was instrumental in the opening of many salons all over the world and was the motivator of many new ideas, he was the originator of the British Association of Professional Hairdressing Employers (BAPHE now HEA).

In 1989 he made an offer to the Steiner organisation to purchase their salon in Gracechurch shopping centre, Sutton Coldfield In 1991 the agreement with Steiner terminated and the name was changed to Syer retaining all of the hair stylists including Georgina McDougall and Natalie Smith who are still part of the current team.