Scotland's bank holidays this year included a special World Cup holiday on Monday 15 June, and St Andrew's Day falls on Monday 30 November. Glasgow City had 654,330 people in mid-2025, the most of any Scottish council area, and the council licenses tattooing and piercing, with a 28-day window for objections. Salongram keeps the diary and staff hours on one phone.
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Holiday dates, a growing city and licences that depend on the service. Scotland's 2026 bank holidays included a World Cup Monday and St Andrew's Day on 30 November, Glasgow keeps growing, and tattooing and piercing need a council licence.
The Scottish Government lists the 2026 bank holidays as Friday 2 January, Monday 15 June and Monday 30 November. Monday 15 June 2026 was officially confirmed as a national bank holiday to mark Scotland playing in the men's World Cup.
National Records of Scotland estimated Glasgow City's population at 654,330 on 30 June 2025, up 0.6% on a year earlier and the largest of Scotland's 32 council areas. The city had 300,114 households, the most of any council area. The 25 to 44 age group was the largest, with 229,260 people.
Between 2001 and 2025 Glasgow's population rose by 13.1%, against 9.5% for Scotland as a whole. The 2022-based projections expect it to grow from 622,050 in 2022 to 690,161 in 2032, a rise of 10.9%. The profile says nothing about how many residents use salons.
Glasgow City Council says a licence is needed to run a skin piercing and tattooing business that carries out acupuncture, electrolysis, cosmetic body piercing or tattooing. The page does not list hairdressing, barbering or nail services, so a salon adding any of these treatments should ask the council before taking bookings.
Any person can object or make a representation during a 28-day consultation period on a grant or renewal application. The fee is set out on the council's fees and charges page, and the application is not accepted without the correct fee, which is non-refundable. The page does not say how long a licence lasts.
The Scottish list for 2026 includes 30 November. Enter the dates you close as time off per person, and the diary shows who is working on the days either side.
For a salon with rented chairs, every stylist gets a column with personal hours and time off. The shop still has one account and one shared client list.
Glasgow has grown 13.1% since 2001. Client notes, past visits and usual services give a first-time visitor a history from the first booking.
A salon that adds cosmetic piercing or another treatment the council lists should check first. Salongram can list the service separately, but it cannot hold or check a licence.
When a cancellation opens a gap before a bank holiday, the waiting list shows who asked for that time, and one tap turns an entry into a booking.
We found no official data on how Glaswegians book, so this guide does not guess. What Salongram does is keep walk-ins, calls and link requests in one diary per stylist, and it shows a warning for an overlap, so you decide whether to go ahead.
Each stylist or barber has their own days, hours and time off, so a booking lands with the right person.
The schedulePut your booking link or QR code in your bio. A request for a free time arrives, and nothing is booked until you accept it.
The booking linkSalongram prepares a WhatsApp reminder message in English. You check it and send it from your own phone.
WhatsApp messagesAn illustrative Friday, not research: a small salon in Dennistoun with three chairs, open six days from Tuesday to Sunday, where the owner cuts and two stylists rent their chairs.
The owner opens the diary: the colourist is booked solid until two, and the barber's column has a gap at eleven.
A walk-in asks for a skin fade; the gap fits it and he is booked straight into the barber's column.
A colour appointment cancels. A client on the waiting list who asked for Friday afternoons takes the slot.
Two requests arrive from the booking link for Saturday. The owner checks each person'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 each cut, colour or barber service with its price and how long it takes, so the diary sets aside the right amount of time.
Give each person their days, hours and breaks, then mark St Andrew's Day and other bank holidays as time off.
Create the optional account to get your link and QR code, then put it on your social pages, Google listing or window.
The Scottish Government lists Monday 30 November 2026 as St Andrew's Day, one of Scotland's bank holidays. Mark it as time off for your team in Salongram, which keeps scheduled hours but does not calculate holiday pay or decide who works.
Yes. Salongram is free to download on Google Play for Android. It keeps one diary per stylist, client records, staff hours and payment notes, and prepares WhatsApp reminders you send yourself. It does not take card payments or deposits.
The council's page covers a licence for skin piercing and tattooing businesses doing acupuncture, electrolysis, cosmetic body piercing or tattooing. It does not mention hairdressing, barbering or nails, so ask the council. Salongram cannot hold or check a licence.
National Records of Scotland estimated 654,330 people in Glasgow City on 30 June 2025, the largest of Scotland's 32 council areas, up 13.1% since 2001. The profile does not say how many use salons, so treat it as a sign of scale.
Yes, as requests. A client opens your booking link or QR code and asks for a free time, and nothing is booked until you accept it. Salongram does not take deposits or online payments.
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