Tanya’s innovative approach to her craft has resulted in her outgrowing her studio in just a few years. Working alongside Shaun gives her confidence to commit to the next step.
Tanya Buxton owns Paradise Tattoo Studio in Cheltenham, providing cosmetic and medical tattoo services and it’s clear to see she gets immense joy seeing the positive impact these have on her clients and their wellbeing. Tanya was the first tattoo artist to be employed by the NHS for Areola tattoo services.
Shaun is acting as a business coach for Tanya and is always there when needed as a sounding board, which is particularly important when making financial decisions which may impact her longer-term goals.
It’s unusual to be given ‘homework’ by your accountant, but Tanya acknowledges how beneficial it has been for her business having Shaun on hand to advise her and help to keep her on track when it comes to her aspiration to move to a bigger studio.
Shaun first met Tanya when she attended the Gloucestershire Live Business Awards finalists reception evening which we hosted in September 2023. Tanya was delighted to be a finalist for Businessperson of the Year. They started talking about how Shaun could help her businesses and as Tanya didn’t know what she needed at this point, she booked some time with Shaun to find out.
Shortly after this introduction, in January 2024, Randall & Payne were engaged to do the accounts, tax and payroll for her two businesses: Tanya Buxton and Paradise Tattoo Studio.
As the businesses are undergoing a period of rapid growth, Shaun and his team also helped move the businesses to Xero accounting software to enable Tanya to more quickly and easily understand the numbers. Her data can be accessed by Shaun’s team to take care of the bookkeeping which means Tanya can focus on other more exciting areas of her business with the knowledge that the numbers are in safe hands.
When considering longer-term goals, or in Randall & Payne ‘speak’ – “what does success look like”, Tanya’s desire to help people and make a difference with her medical tattooing is possible because she knows her business strategy is on track and in safe hands.
Tanya founded the Mastectomy Tattooing Alliance in 2021, a charity which is dedicated to supporting people in their healing journey after surgery and has helped provide over 100 Areola tattoos, which she now has time to ensure continues to grow. Tanya also co-writes a tattoo blog for Breast Cancer Now.
Watch Stroud Times interview by Faye Hatcher with Shaun and Tanya:
