Barnsley Council’s enforcement team have been working with South Yorkshire Police and reiterated that anyone found breaking the guidance will receive a £1,000 fixed penalty notice as well as a prohibition order.
The penalty will ‘increase significantly’ if they continue to trade and could be as much as £10,000.
The warning comes after a number of reports were received that some hairdressers and barbers were breaking the guidance, leading South Yorkshire Police to start spot checks.
Julia Burrows, Barnsley’s director of public health, said: “Those who flout the rules while we are going through this pandemic may not only be harming themselves and their families but the wider Barnsley community.”
