The government has recently warned that a second and stricter lockdown is likely to be enforced in the UK as a result of COVID-19. This could be detrimental to the beauty industry, as seen by the 16 week lockdown earlier this year. Millie Kendall, MBE of the British Beauty Council predicts that the beauty industry will shrink by 30% as 54%of employees are ineligible for furlough as they are self-employed.
