Before your first booking: decide your service menu (cuts/styling only, or colour/chemical services too — the latter adds insurance, training, and consultation requirements), define your service area and travel radius, confirm your qualification status matches the services you plan to offer, and decide whether you're starting solo (taking on any non-family staff immediately triggers a legal requirement for employers' liability insurance). See our full 30-Day Launch Plan (in the £49 Kit) for the complete sequenced setup.
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- GOV.UK — "DBS checks for adult social care roles" (DBS guidance leaflet), incl. Scenario 2 "Theresa" mobile hairdresser exampleOfficial source
- GOV.UK — "Employers' liability insurance"Official source
- GOV.UK — "Employers' liability insurance: when you do not need it"Official source
- HSE — "Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969" (HSE40)Official source
- legislation.gov.uk — Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969, s.1Official source
- HSE — Research Report RR623, "Occupational asthma, respiratory issues and dermatitis in hairdressers and nail bars"Official source
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