A city centre salon which has been a staple of Norwich's high street for a quarter of a century has its sights on expansion as it outgrows its current premises.

Toni and Guy in London Street is owned by husband-and-husband duo Sam and Paul Taylor-Bird.

They head up the salon along with business partner Charlotte Spearing, who has several Toni and Guy franchises across East Anglia.

Norwich Evening News: Paul and Sam Taylor-Bird, managing directors of Toni and Guy Norwich in London StreetPaul and Sam Taylor-Bird, managing directors of Toni and Guy Norwich in London Street (Image: Sam Taylor-Bird)

Sam said: "We're looking at moving this year.

"We're trying to get interest on the property at the moment.

"We haven't got a new salon that we're going to yet. We're in our current lease until October, but we've put the place up to let now in case someone wants to take over the lease before then and to gauge interest as well.

"We want a bigger salon.

"We've grown the team so now we're looking to expand to a bigger shop."

Toni and Guy has been based in London Street for around 25 years, with Sam and Paul taking over the franchise in 2018.

Norwich Evening News: Toni and Guy in London Street, NorwichToni and Guy in London Street, Norwich (Image: Maya Derrick)

"We're very excited to expand," he added.

"It's something we've wanted to do since we took over the shop.

"We've always thought the layout wasn't quite right for us anyway so we're hoping to move and update.

"And if we move we could maybe take on more staff.

"We want to be the super salon of the city."

Toni and Guy's Norwich branch currently employs five stylists and three assistants.

A sign advertising the unit as to let has hung above the salon's frontage for a number of weeks in a bid to find a new business to set up shop there.

It is part of a parade of shops in London Street built in 1911 and sits alongside large brands such as Boots, Greggs, The Ivy Brasserie as well as historic independents like Winsor Bishop.

On July 17, 1967 London Street became the first shopping thoroughfare in the UK to be pedestrianised, which started a revolution that saw people given priority over traffic in city centres.