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Hairdressers living in a tier 3 area are permitted to continue working. One of these dilemmas is whether it's safe and sensible to go to the hairdresser while we're social distancing. Hairdressers are included in step two of the roadmap, along with retail, gyms and pub gardens. Read on for some a salons and a barber shop that give you a cooler, less traumatic experience - and beer. But with hairdressers having been closed for months, many of us will be in desperate need of a fresh trim before showing our faces in public again. Hairdressers and barbers who work in a salon can open their doors to customers now that the second lockdown in England ended on December 2.. Hairdressing salons can … Express. The roadmap, which will see restrictions eased in four stages, reveals when close-contact services will be able to reopen. Hairdressers are included in step two of the roadmap, along with retail, gyms and pub gardens. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. However, shops and hairdressers will remain open. Currently, hairdressers are allowed to stay open but client haircuts and treatments must only take 30 minutes. There are more than 43,000 hair and beauty businesses in the UK, and around 250,000 people work in the trade. Sorry, there was a problem with your subscription. Melbourne hairdressers have been allowed to throw open their doors and start catching up with 12 weeks worth of cancelled appointments. This also applies to mobile hairdressers. On June 15, schools will open cup to years 10 and 12, who will be allowed “some contact” with teachers to help prepare for exams. Before each step, the Government will review data assessing the impact of the previous stage against four tests. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his blueprint for easing lockdown restrictions will see non-essential businesses reopening on June 15. Boris Johnson said hairdressers and barbers can go back to work from July 4, but what about mobile hairdressers? newspaper archive. The COVID-19 pandemic is having far reaching impacts on almost every facet of our lives from the way we work to who we socialise with. Hairdressers and barbers will also likely have to work on shift patterns to minimise contact with other people. … As of yet, hairdressers cannot go back to work until Government guidelines state it is safe to do so. Here is what is scheduled to open under each stage of the roadmap: All rights reserved. Located in St. Kilda – close to South Yarra, Albert Park, Elwood, and South Melbourne – The Do Salon offers the best in stylish men’s haircuts. 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See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, The roadmap states under step two: “Additional premises will be able to reopen but should only be visited alone or with household groups: non-essential retail; personal care premises such as hairdressers, salons and close-contact services.”. Are restaurants and bars open? This also applies to some cafes and restaurants with outdoor space, places of worship and socially distanced cinemas. DON'T MISS: Susanna Reid Instagram: GMB host reveals stunning hair transformation [INSIGHT]Britons warned haircuts price to go up as salons face huge cost of PPE [WARNING]Hairdressers rules: What do I need to do to stay safe at hairdresser? But the National Cabinet says they can trade as usual. Once step two is given the go-ahead, hairdressers, barbers and other close-contact services such as beauticians, nail technicians and tattooists will be allowed to open their doors for the first time in months. Hairdressers will be very busy when they eventually do reopen, so if your salon has a waiting list then it is worth putting your name down in advance. “You could get 80 percent of your average profits up to a maximum of £2,500 per month. The earliest date step two can begin is 12 April, though it could be later. Therefore, mobile hairdressers can go back to work from 4 July, alongside those who work in salons. Its always a risk and the salon style chains are frankly intimidating and traumatic, especially for people with curly hair, rock'n'rollers and gentlemen. “I’ve been waiting for this day for so long,” he says. Hairdressers and those in the hospitality sector will not be able to go back to work until July 4 “at the earliest” under the Government’s timetable for easing the coronavirus lockdown. The document reads: “Many measures require the development of new safety guidelines that set out how each type of physical space can be adapted to operate safely.”. First of all, beauty salons and hairdressers remain closed for the next few weeks until the government takes the next steps in easing the lockdown. Melbourne architect Sarah Ouyang is mostly feeling pretty good about getting back to work at a shared office block in Docklands. In Australia, hairdressers have been allowed to remain open under alert level 3, but it appears New Zealand salons have been told they won't be allowed to open until we reach level 2. Among the first to return to work on June 1 will be teachers, as Reception, year one and year six will all return to school in a “phased” approach. English lockdown rules explained. Workers do not need to apply for the grant, as HMRC will have contacted everyone who is eligible for the payout. The Foreign Secretary told Sky’s Breakfast show: “From 4 July, at the earliest, we’ll look at other sectors and that will include hospitality, but it will also include personal care and people like hairdressers.”. Phase one says that people can return to work from Wednesday if they can't work from home, however, those people would include builders and those who work in manufacturing, and not hairdressers. When can mobile hairdressers go back to work? This excludes owners and managers. It is also likely that not every station in the salon will be used, with two hairdressers working at every other station to maintain a two-metre distance. From real estate agents to gardeners, golf course managers and hairdressers, thousands of people returned to work in small businesses across Melbourne on Monday. Despite comprehensive advice from health authorities, there are still some grey areas when it comes to what we can and can't do. Hairdressers have been shut since the UK went into lockdown in March. However, the change only applies to services where a mask can be worn. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. [REPORT]. Although it was originally thought that hairdressers and barbers would be among the first to reopen their doors, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has suggested that will not be the case. Private and public sectors have 75 per cent of staff in the workplace – this is in both public and private sectors.