Everything people don’t understand or like is money laundering on reddit
They’re latest front, sides, and back (please)
Probably not the latest for crims.
Odd you should mention that…I’ve seen around 10 new barber shops open in my surrounding area in the past few months…
Anyone else having issues reading the standard on iphone?
Keeps switching pages.
I assume any cash in hand business has the potential to be a front for crime, especially barbershops where there is no stock being used.
However every Turkish barbers I have been to do a good job on the haircut.
What a weird article, loads of conjecture “they’re always empty.. bit weird isn’t it!”, a couple of actual facts about a small handful of barber shops being run by criminals, but nothing to suggest in any higher a proportion than any other type of shop and then just in case they haven’t made you thought they must all be wrong uns a little reminder that they take cash (which the same people are usually complaining no one takes any more).
It’s weird how people in the comments are saying this is racism or people being ignorant. The article has multiple examples of barber businesses being used directly to fund criminal activity. The police are saying it’s a problem.
Surely there’s more to this than casual racism?
I guess people just need to get a haircut, buy vapes, require phone repairs and get nails done on a daily basis with the amount of shops these days. So popular that the shops need to close and reopen under a new name every 18 months when the first accounts are due to be filed. I’m just so happy that public services are being cut but these shops provide such a consistent service.
We’re just uncritically quoting a Reform MP now I guess?
The writer tends to Comb Over a lot of other factors.
*Il get my coat*
Always have been
There are 14 phone repair shops, 2 nail salons, and 4 barber shops on our relatively short shopping street. It’s just ridiculous. Most of them are empty most of the time, with 3-4 staff members hanging around. They defy the logic of business. They seem to be thriving where normal businesses have folded. Now, we also have a new coffee shop run by an Albanians – nice people who get mildly annoyed when you actually try to order a coffee.
We are moving into a post-truth world where nothing is as it seems.
Yes, definitely some curious red flag practices that HMRC might want to take a look at such as mysteriously insisting on everything being in cash and whether minimum wage laws are being enforced. I’m definitely not saying that some won’t have links to organised crime. That’s a given in London. But in most cases the idea of the “always empty” barber shop didn’t really stack up.
What seemed to be happening is a big cultural shift in British men of all backgrounds going to the barbers more often, caring about their appearance, and treating themselves to extra services involving wax and stuff. There’s a boom in demand and immigrant-led shops seem to have both created the market and then responded to it!
Interestingly, the Daily Mail put a load of reporters on this story at the end of last year, presumably acting on the suspicion it’s all dodgy, and found similar to what I concluded. This is their suprisingly balanced piece: [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14214813/towns-turkish-barbers-britain-high-street-salons-area-ranks.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14214813/towns-turkish-barbers-britain-high-street-salons-area-ranks.html)
The haircuts are £50 not £10!
I’m more concerned regarding phone and laptop repair shops.
1. These items hardly break or crash anymore.
2. When they do, it’s often cheaper , easier, safer and more practical just to replace.
3. Anything which can be repaired can often be done at home using a youtube tutorial.
I use nail bars to get my toenails cut for a tenner, cheaper than a chiropodist at £80!
Where do I flag up a new barber shop in my area that opened recently and is killing business for my regular good guys Lebanese barber’s just round the corner?
Every other shop is American candy
They’ve always been dodgy places. See the kind of people who are always hanging around them?
There are 23 on my little high street. Madness.
You think?!
The ones near Finsbury are open till late and there’s always people hanging out
I’m sure this was a cutting-edge revelation when this article was presumably first published 40 years ago
I’m surprised this bubble hasn’t burst yet, instead keeps getting larger. It’s the same with certain types of restaurants being opened by the same demographic who again only take cash.
sitting like that, in those boots, really doesn’t look comfortable
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No, they are places for getting hair cuts….duh!
“Yes.”
The latest front to bash immigrants.
Everything people don’t understand or like is money laundering on reddit
They’re latest front, sides, and back (please)
Probably not the latest for crims.
Odd you should mention that…I’ve seen around 10 new barber shops open in my surrounding area in the past few months…
Anyone else having issues reading the standard on iphone?
Keeps switching pages.
I assume any cash in hand business has the potential to be a front for crime, especially barbershops where there is no stock being used.
However every Turkish barbers I have been to do a good job on the haircut.
What a weird article, loads of conjecture “they’re always empty.. bit weird isn’t it!”, a couple of actual facts about a small handful of barber shops being run by criminals, but nothing to suggest in any higher a proportion than any other type of shop and then just in case they haven’t made you thought they must all be wrong uns a little reminder that they take cash (which the same people are usually complaining no one takes any more).
It’s weird how people in the comments are saying this is racism or people being ignorant. The article has multiple examples of barber businesses being used directly to fund criminal activity. The police are saying it’s a problem.
Surely there’s more to this than casual racism?
I guess people just need to get a haircut, buy vapes, require phone repairs and get nails done on a daily basis with the amount of shops these days. So popular that the shops need to close and reopen under a new name every 18 months when the first accounts are due to be filed. I’m just so happy that public services are being cut but these shops provide such a consistent service.
We’re just uncritically quoting a Reform MP now I guess?
The writer tends to Comb Over a lot of other factors.
*Il get my coat*
Always have been
There are 14 phone repair shops, 2 nail salons, and 4 barber shops on our relatively short shopping street. It’s just ridiculous. Most of them are empty most of the time, with 3-4 staff members hanging around. They defy the logic of business. They seem to be thriving where normal businesses have folded. Now, we also have a new coffee shop run by an Albanians – nice people who get mildly annoyed when you actually try to order a coffee.
We are moving into a post-truth world where nothing is as it seems.
latest? a bit behind the times aren’t we?
I’ve done a [lot](https://www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-potter-and-the-unpaid-tax-bill) of [reporting](https://www.londoncentric.media/p/westminster-bridge-ice-cream-vans-illegal-gambling) on dubious fraud-y businesses in London and had a (non-exhaustive) look at barber shops in London last year after a lot of readers got in touch with their suspicions. What I found was, weirdly, a lot of thriving businesses that seemed to be very, very busy with paying customers.
Yes, definitely some curious red flag practices that HMRC might want to take a look at such as mysteriously insisting on everything being in cash and whether minimum wage laws are being enforced. I’m definitely not saying that some won’t have links to organised crime. That’s a given in London. But in most cases the idea of the “always empty” barber shop didn’t really stack up.
What seemed to be happening is a big cultural shift in British men of all backgrounds going to the barbers more often, caring about their appearance, and treating themselves to extra services involving wax and stuff. There’s a boom in demand and immigrant-led shops seem to have both created the market and then responded to it!
Interestingly, the Daily Mail put a load of reporters on this story at the end of last year, presumably acting on the suspicion it’s all dodgy, and found similar to what I concluded. This is their suprisingly balanced piece: [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14214813/towns-turkish-barbers-britain-high-street-salons-area-ranks.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14214813/towns-turkish-barbers-britain-high-street-salons-area-ranks.html)
The haircuts are £50 not £10!
I’m more concerned regarding phone and laptop repair shops.
1. These items hardly break or crash anymore.
2. When they do, it’s often cheaper , easier, safer and more practical just to replace.
3. Anything which can be repaired can often be done at home using a youtube tutorial.
I use nail bars to get my toenails cut for a tenner, cheaper than a chiropodist at £80!
Where do I flag up a new barber shop in my area that opened recently and is killing business for my regular good guys Lebanese barber’s just round the corner?
Every other shop is American candy
They’ve always been dodgy places. See the kind of people who are always hanging around them?
There are 23 on my little high street. Madness.
You think?!
The ones near Finsbury are open till late and there’s always people hanging out
I’m sure this was a cutting-edge revelation when this article was presumably first published 40 years ago
I’m surprised this bubble hasn’t burst yet, instead keeps getting larger. It’s the same with certain types of restaurants being opened by the same demographic who again only take cash.
sitting like that, in those boots, really doesn’t look comfortable
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