Holyhead barber fined £​45,000 for employing illegal workers

Kurdish Barber, on Market Street, Holyhead, has been listed in the Government’s quarterly round-up of companies that have had penalties issued for using staff not legally permitted to work in the UK.

According to the data, which is updated every few months, the business, owned by EVA Barbershop Ltd, was fined £45,000.

This latest release provided by the Home Office relates to the period between January 1 and March 31, 2026, and was updated on August 27.

EVA Barbershop Ltd is listed as having overdue statements on Companies House, and is described as having an "active proposal to strike off".

Attempts were made to contact the business for comment.

Kurdish Barber is the second Anglesey business to be featured on the latest illegal worker penalty list, with an Indian restaurant in Beaumaris fined £40,000.

Offenders can be sent to jail for five years or handed an unlimited fine if they are found guilty of employing someone who they knew or had ‘reasonable cause to believe’ did not have the right to work in the UK.

This includes, for example, if they had any reason to believe a person:

• they did not have leave (permission) to enter or remain in the UK
• their leave had expired
• they were not allowed to do certain types of work
• their papers were incorrect or false

Additionally, penalties can be handed out if a business employs someone who does not have the right to work and did not complete the correct checks.