More salons in England forced into lockdown
Additional locations have been added to Tier 4 in England from midnight (30th December), meaning beauty and hair businesses operating within these areas must close.
Under Tier 4 rules, no close contact services can operate including in a salon or spa location or within clients' homes, and in addition non-essential shops must also close.
You can also only meet with one other person outside of your household outdoors; you may not meet people who you don't live with, or you are in your support bubble, indoors.
Regions moving into Tier 4 from 31st December are:
- Leicestershire including Leicester, Oadby and Wigston, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Charnwood, North West Leicestershire, and Melton
- Lincolnshire including Lincoln, Boston, South Kesteven, West Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland, and East Lindsey.
- Northamptonshire including Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire, and Wellingborough.
- Derbyshire including Derby, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, Bolsover, North East Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Erewash, Derbyshire Dales, and High Peak.
- Nottinghamshire including Nottingham, Gedling, Ashfield, Mansfield, Rushcliffe, Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, and Broxtowe.
- Birmingham and Black Country including Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton.
- Coventry
- Solihull
- Warwickshire including Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwick, North Warwickshire, and Stratford-upon-Avon.
- Staffordshire including Stoke-on-Trent, East Staffordshire, Stafford, South Staffordshire, Cannock Chase, Lichfield, Staffordshire Moorlands, Newcastle under Lyme, and Tamworth.
- Lancashire including Burnley, Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen, Ribble Valley, Blackpool, Preston, Hyndburn, Chorley, Fylde, Lancaster, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, and Wyre.
- Cheshire including Warrington, Cheshire East, Cheshire West, and Chester.
- Cumbria including Eden, Carlisle, South Lakeland, Barrow-in-Furness, Copeland, and Allerdale.
- Greater Manchester including Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan.
- Tees Valley including Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees.
- North East including County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, and Sunderland.
- Gloucestershire including Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Cotswolds, Tewkesbury, Stroud, and Cheltenham.
- Somerset Council including Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton, and South Somerset.
- Swindon
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Isle of Wight
- New Forest
Beauty and hair businesses in other areas announced as entering Tier 4 previously will remain in Tier 4 and therefore closed. The full list of regions where close contact services must not be performed include:
- Bedford
- Berkshire
- Birmingham and Black Country including Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton.
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedford
- Cheshire including Warrington, Cheshire East, Cheshire West, and Chester.
- Chesterfield, Erewash, Derbyshire Dales, and High Peak.
- Coventry
- Cumbria including Eden, Carlisle, South Lakeland, Barrow-in-Furness, Copeland, and Allerdale.
- Derbyshire including Derby, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, Bolsover, North East Derbyshire,
- Essex
- Gloucestershire including Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Cotswolds, Tewkesbury, Stroud, and Cheltenham.
- Greater Manchester including Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan.
- Hampshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lancashire including Burnley, Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen, Ribble Valley, Blackpool, Preston, Hyndburn, Chorley, Fylde, Lancaster, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, and Wyre.
- Leicestershire including Leicester, Oadby and Wigston, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Charnwood, North West Leicestershire, and Melton
- Lincolnshire including Lincoln, Boston, South Kesteven, West Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland, and East Lindsey.
- London
- Luton
- Milton Keynes
- Norfolk
- North East including County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, and Sunderland.
- Northamptonshire including Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire, and Wellingborough.
- Nottinghamshire including Nottingham, Gedling, Ashfield, Mansfield, Rushcliffe, Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, and Broxtowe.
- Oxfordshire
- Solihull
- Somerset Council including Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton, and South Somerset.
- Staffordshire including Stoke-on-Trent, East Staffordshire, Stafford, South Staffordshire, Cannock Chase, Lichfield, Staffordshire Moorlands, Newcastle under Lyme, and Tamworth.
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Swindon
- Tees Valley including Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees.
- Warwickshire including Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwick, North Warwickshire, and Stratford-upon-Avon
Updated: 30.12.2020
More salons in England forced into lockdown
Further to the latest announcement from the UK government, more beauty and hair businesses are being forced to close from Boxing Day (26th December) as their locations enter Tier 4 of England's COVID-19 regulations.
Tier 4 restrictions prevent businesses offering close contact services, including hairdressers, beauty salons, nail salons, barbers and complementary therapies. This includes within salon, barbershop and spa environments as well as mobile services in clients' homes.
Regions entering Tier 4 from 26th December include:
- Sussex
- Oxfordshire
- Suffolk
- Norfolk
- Cambridgeshire
- All of Essex (some areas already in Tier 4)
- Waverley in Surrey
- Hampshire, with the exception of the New Forest
Businesses operating in Tier 1, 2 or 3 regions must continue to follow the
government's guidelines; if you are unsure, please contact your Local Authority.
Published: 23/12/2020 15.40pm