NICOLA Sturgeon has said hairdressers and barbers can open at 6 am on Friday when Glasgow goes into level three lockdown.
The First Minister confirmed they were included in the definition of retail, which is allowed to open early.
The hospitality trade has to wait until the following day before they can open as they have a closing time of 6pm, but shops have been given an earlier opening time to prevent stores opening at 6pm on Friday and cramming in more people in just a few hours.
Professor, Jason Leitch, national clinical director, said: "The reason is to allow people to stagger their visits not to allow them to do more shopping."
He said last week in Regent Streeet, in London, it looked like normal and said as a result London numbers "are up and there is talk of London moving into higher tier."
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