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About ABIHS Europe and our Goals
Due to Brexit, we have set up Ireland a European Office for the British & International Association of Hairdressing Schools to ensure equal opportunities for all European members and graduates.
Whilst state registration is mandatory for doctors, nurses, dentists, and several other professions, it is not so for hairdressers and barbers for whom registration is currently voluntary. The Hair and Barber Council has many aims: one of which is to increase significantly the number of hairdressers and barbers who join the UK Register of Qualified Hairdressers and Barbers, whilst also bringing about a parliamentary debate followed by a statutory change to the Current Act of Parliament, so that all practicing hairdressers and barbers will need to be registered in order to work in the UK.
In order to achieve our goals and to provide advice and support to registered hairdressers and barbers, the members of the Hair Council committee and the Barber Council committee, meet throughout the year to discuss ways to progress.