Belfast man launches his own business after redundancy heartache

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A North Belfast man is gearing up to celebrate his first year as the proud owner of a barbershop.

John McCourt, from the Whitewell Road area, was working in the automobile industry when he was made redundant during the pandemic. The 34-year-old had launched a beard treatment product, Big Phat Beard, through the Go For It scheme.




After he was left jobless, John took matters into his own hands – quite literally – and opened his own barbershop, in the area where he was raised.

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Speaking to Belfast Live ahead of Big Phat Barbershop’s first birthday on Friday, John said he would encourage anyone with a dream, to “just go for it”.

“Barbering wasn’t my background, but it is now,” he said.

“Before coronavirus, I worked in an automobile business and was made redundant, which was hard. While I was there, I had started a brand called Big Phat Beard, which is beard treatments. I made it official, had the product tested and went through the Go For It programme .

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