Stuart Whitelaw, owner of Mesart Hair Design By Kristy Dorsey A salon owner who spent £500,000 on new premises where he has been unable to trade for more than four months has questioned the “massive oversights” in coronavirus relief assistance that have left many in the hair and beauty industry fending for themselves. Stuart Whitelaw, owner of Mesart Hair Design in Glasgow and Uddingston, was due to open his new city centre salon in Great Western Road in March, having previously traded for six years from premises in Finnieston. Lockdown restrictions from the initial outbreak of Covid-19 delayed the opening until early July, since when the business has had to contend with lower customer volumes to meet social distancing regulations, along with subsequent closures amid changing coronavirus restrictions.