THE owner of a hair salon in Lymington has warned that all businesses across the area will need security shutters “if the burglaries carry on”.

The warning comes from Dorian Taylor, 65, who had his salon Dorian Hair Design broken into several weeks ago.

He said a neighbour who lives nearby called the police after hearing a bang during the night and seeing the salon door had been “kicked".

Dorian’s son, wife and three children live above the salon and found the front door damaged in the morning.

Dorian said it has cost him £2,400 to fix the door, which is now barricaded with planks of wood after burglars broke in during the early hours of September 18 and stole almost £200 in tips and shampoo.

Now, the businessman has shared anger towards multiple burglaries that have hit the Lymington area.

He said: “Of course I’m angry and they know who they are. Lymington is a quaint area in a small town and if the burglaries carry on, all the businesses will need shutters.

“We had to close the day after because of damage to the door. The tips that were stolen were one of my staff’s tips that he'd been saving all year.”

He added: “Burglaries have taken place in multiple hair salons in the last few months.”

Barber Andy Towell from Bonds Barber Shop confirmed the break-in to their salon.

He said: “We were broken into and had grass kicked out from under the doors at around 5am. They took £30."

A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said: “We were called at 1.53am on 18 September to a report of a burglary at Dorian Hair Design in St Thomas Street.

“£180 cash was reported stolen. We are aware of ten other business burglaries in the High Street area of Lymington in a period between 8 September and 6 October. They include a burglary in Bond’s Barbers in High Street, Lymington, on 23 September.

“We are looking to see if these are linked.

“As part of our investigation, a 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a burglary at JW Hair and Beauty Salon in Rashley Mews on 8 September. He has been released from custody but remains under investigation.

“Enquiries are ongoing.

"Anyone with information should call police on 101, quoting crime reference number 44190340841.”