daydreams01
Well-Known Member
Hi, happy new year to everyone. Well I went back in to work in the new year to a lovely letter from the council informing me I need a special treatment licence as It has come to their attention I have a stand up sunbed. I had never realised I needed this as thought it just applied to beauty treatments.
It's such a lot of money to get the licence, nearly £500 for the first year then over £200 every year after and I don't make a huge amount of revenue from my sunbed, it hardly seems worth it.
I have to do a scale drawing and give info about fire doors and partition walls etc which I also need to send to local police and fire brigade within 10 days. It seems like such a palava! I looked at the guidance notes and I do everything required on there in terms of record keeping, checking ages and maintaining the room etc but it also said for my borough you need to be a registered therapist with the borough. I do not hold a therapist qualification, just my hairdressing quals but am also member of NHF.
Doe anyone know if I am likely to get refused because of this? There are tons of hair salons with sunbeds so is this a new thing that you have to be beauty qualified to operate them?
Also when I went on to the local authority website, It did say I can apply on line which seemed easier as they would send the form to the relevant people. Does anyone know if that is a better way to do it?
Sometimes it just feels like your council want you to fail in business, there is so much red tape for everything, the business rates are extortionate and just when you feel you are doing well and getting somewhere, something else crops up that costs a load more money!
It's such a lot of money to get the licence, nearly £500 for the first year then over £200 every year after and I don't make a huge amount of revenue from my sunbed, it hardly seems worth it.
I have to do a scale drawing and give info about fire doors and partition walls etc which I also need to send to local police and fire brigade within 10 days. It seems like such a palava! I looked at the guidance notes and I do everything required on there in terms of record keeping, checking ages and maintaining the room etc but it also said for my borough you need to be a registered therapist with the borough. I do not hold a therapist qualification, just my hairdressing quals but am also member of NHF.
Doe anyone know if I am likely to get refused because of this? There are tons of hair salons with sunbeds so is this a new thing that you have to be beauty qualified to operate them?
Also when I went on to the local authority website, It did say I can apply on line which seemed easier as they would send the form to the relevant people. Does anyone know if that is a better way to do it?
Sometimes it just feels like your council want you to fail in business, there is so much red tape for everything, the business rates are extortionate and just when you feel you are doing well and getting somewhere, something else crops up that costs a load more money!