Close Contact Services – A guide to returning – Working Safely During COVID19

As the National Lockdown restrictions are lifted, the Government roadmap states that Close Contact Services e.g. hair, beauty and nail salons, body and skin piercing services, tattoo studios, and tanning salons will be able to re-open from 12^th April (at the earliest). You are NOT allowed to have any customers in your premises until that time. This will include carrying out patch tests and allowing customers on site to make appointments. You are allowed to have staff on site to get the premises ready for re-opening and to accept deliveries but they must still work in a Covid secure way.

Click on the following link to download Waverley Borough Council Environmental Health Covid Guidance for Close Contact Services including access to their guidance video for close contact services.

Also find below further information that may be of use to you with regards to re-opening your business:

Guidance

The link to Working safely during Coronavirus is here:  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/close-contact-services

This link will take you to the current version of the Guidance so it is recommended that you check it regularly for any updates.

It is appreciated that the pandemic has been a challenging time for businesses but the Guidance needs to be followed to reduce the risk of Covid transmission and ensure that the roadmap dates are not pushed back further.