Govt postpones delivery of ‘close contact’ beauty treatments in England from 1 to 15 August
By Helena Biggs | 31 July 2020 | Events, News
Boris Johnson has announced today (31 July) that close contact beauty services – such as treatments on the face – will now not be able to resume on 1 August in England, as was previously announced.
Following concerns surrounding increasing numbers of coronavirus outbreaks in the UK since lockdown measures were eased, the postponement is likely for ‘at least’ a fortnight; from 15 August at the earliest.
Hair and beauty industry body, the NHBF, comments:
“Following the announcement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson this lunch time, we are extremely disappointed that this last-minute decision has been made. It will impact beauty businesses and beauty professionals in England who were due to resume treatments to the face from tomorrow.
“We will continue to push for financial support following this further setback. We want to stress how important it is for everyone in the hair, beauty and barbering industries to follow the guidelines and operate in a COVID secure way to protect yourselves, your employees, clients and to protect our industry from being locked down again.”