Birmingham City Council requires a licence to offer massage or special treatments such as sunbeds, saunas and spa baths at premises in the city, aims to process applications within 28 days and inspects every premises each year. In the 2021 Census, 51.4% of residents came from Black, Asian or minority ethnic groups. Salongram keeps the diary and staff hours on one phone.
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Salongram is a free salon booking app for Birmingham salons and barbershops: appointments, clients, staff hours and WhatsApp reminders in one Android app.
A licence for the treatments, a notice and an annual inspection. Birmingham requires one for massage and special treatments, the process includes 21 days of public notice, and the council says all premises are inspected every year.
Birmingham City Council says you must have a licence to offer massage or special treatments at premises in the city. Its list covers body massage, solaria and sunbeds, saunas, therapeutic spa baths, jacuzzis, herbal baths and aromatherapy. The page does not mention manicure or other beauty treatments.
The council aims to process applications within 28 days and asks you to contact it if you have not heard back. The fee depends on the number of treatments offered, and the amounts are on its fees and charges page. The page does not say how long a licence lasts.
West Midlands Police must be notified of every application. The applicant must display a notice at or near the premises for 21 days, starting on the day of the application, where passers-by can see it. After 21 days the signed certificate on the back of the notice goes back to the council, which cannot issue a licence without it.
The council says all premises are inspected every year to check that they meet health and safety standards and have suitable hygiene facilities. An owner adding a listed treatment should therefore plan for a yearly visit.
In the factsheet's grouping, the 2021 Census puts the Black, Asian and minority ethnic share of Birmingham residents at 51.4% (588,314). White residents were 48.6% (556,608), Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 31.0%, Black, Black British, Caribbean or African 10.9%, Mixed or Multiple 4.8% and Other 4.5%.
List massage, sauna or sunbed sessions on their own, with their own price, length and staff. The diary shows who offers what, though the licence itself stays between you and the council.
Staff days, hours and the day's bookings stay in one place, which keeps the day orderly. The annual inspection is separate: Salongram does not prepare premises or check hygiene.
The council aims to process applications within 28 days. In that time you can enter each massage, facial and nail service in the diary, with its price and length, so the menu is ready when a licence arrives.
The census figure measures ethnicity, not language, so check what your team and clients can use. Salongram is available in English, Arabic and Spanish, with no Urdu, Punjabi or Polish screens.
A booking link and QR code let someone ask for a free time after hours. The request waits until you accept it, change it or decline it.
We found no official data on how Birmingham clients book, so this guide does not guess. What Salongram does is keep walk-ins, calls and link requests in one diary per therapist, and it shows a warning for an overlap, so you decide whether to go ahead.
Each therapist has their own days, hours and time off, so a booking lands with the right therapist.
The scheduleIn the app, tick a package and its services are booked together, such as a massage and a facial.
PackagesPreferences, past visits and the usual treatment stay on a client's record, so any therapist can pick up the notes.
Client recordsAn illustrative Wednesday, not research: a small day spa in Moseley with two treatment rooms and a nail desk, open six days, where the owner is a therapist and client notes stay on one shared record.
The owner opens the diary: the nail technician is off on Wednesdays, and the massage therapist's column is half full.
A caller wants a 60-minute massage this afternoon; there is a gap at two and it is booked straight in.
A facial cancels. A client on the waiting list who asked for Wednesday afternoons takes the slot.
Two requests arrive from the booking link for Saturday. The owner checks each therapist's hours and accepts them.
Type in your own numbers. A no-show is a slot nobody else could take; reminders and a waiting list are how most salons win part of it back.
An estimate from the numbers you enter (a month counted as 4.33 weeks). Nothing is sent or stored. Salongram is free to download.
Add massage, facials, nails and any hair services separately, each with a price and how long it takes, so the diary sets aside the right time.
Give each person their days, hours and breaks, and the treatments they perform, so the diary only offers the right person.
Create the optional account to get your link and QR code, then put it on your social pages, Google listing or reception desk.
Yes. Birmingham City Council says you must have a licence to offer massage or special treatments such as sunbeds, saunas and spa baths at premises in the city. It aims to process applications within 28 days. Salongram does not hold or apply for licences.
The council says all premises are inspected every year for health and safety standards and hygiene facilities. Salongram keeps your diary and staff hours, but it does not prepare your premises for an inspection.
Yes. Salongram is free to download on Google Play for Android. Add massage, facials and nails as separate services, link each to the right therapist, and book them in one diary. It does not take card payments or deposits.
An applicant must display a notice at or near the premises for 21 days from the day of the application, then return the signed certificate to the council. West Midlands Police are notified too. Salongram does not display or track the notice.
Salongram is available in English, Arabic or Spanish only, so there are no Urdu, Punjabi or Polish screens. Client reminders are prepared in English for you to edit and send yourself. The census figures cover ethnicity, not language.
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