# Howard Yuill Hairdressing and Sabre Mens Grooming at 40 Hale Road: Agent-Direct Score D (43.1%)

Site: http://www.howardyuill.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/howardyuill.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Howard Yuill Hairdressing and Sabre Mens Grooming at 40 Hale Road is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open Howard Yuill Hairdressing and Sabre Mens Grooming at 40 Hale Road's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. To book or order, it is sent to Treatwell, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Phone: +441619416606
- Address: 40 Hale Road, WA14 2EX, Altrincham

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Howard Yuill Hairdressing and Sabre Mens Grooming at 40 Hale Road that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Le Vogue Salon (10 m): https://directindex.org/r/levogue.co.uk
- Inskin Group (250 m): https://directindex.org/r/inskingroup.co.uk
- Frisor Aveda Salon (290 m): https://directindex.org/r/frisor.co.uk
- District Hair and Beauty (290 m): https://directindex.org/r/districthairandbeauty.co.uk
- British Hair Clinic Manchester (330 m): https://directindex.org/r/britishhairclinic.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (HairSalon, BeautySalon or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Appointments only through treatwell.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No price list of services found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer and what does it cost?' from marketplaces and directories instead. Add a page that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Howard Yuill Hairdressing and Sabre Mens Grooming at 40 Hale Road",
  "url": "http://www.howardyuill.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+441619416606",
  "address": "40 Hale Road, WA14 2EX, Altrincham",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.38157033,
    "longitude": -2.34825426
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.

## Where it stands
897 of 1569 in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 57% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 96% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 10% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 12% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 47% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Le Vogue Salon (C, 10 m, https://directindex.org/r/levogue.co.uk); Massage Therapy Manchester (F, 157 m, https://directindex.org/r/massagetherapymanchester.com); Inskin Group (C, 249 m, https://directindex.org/r/inskingroup.co.uk); Est.14 Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy (C, 283 m, https://directindex.org/r/est14.uk); Frisor Aveda Salon (C, 291 m, https://directindex.org/r/frisor.co.uk); Dr Emma Goulding (D, 293 m, https://directindex.org/r/dremmamedispa.com); District Hair and Beauty (C, 294 m, https://directindex.org/r/districthairandbeauty.co.uk); Brow Game (D, 299 m, https://directindex.org/r/browgame.uk); British Hair Clinic Manchester (C, 330 m, https://directindex.org/r/britishhairclinic.com); UNDERFOUND (D, 332 m, https://directindex.org/r/theunderfound.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 48660 sites); Sites using Treatwell 49% (4% A or B, 1916 sites); This site 43.1%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/howardyuill.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like Howard Yuill Hairdressing and Sabre Mens Grooming at 40 Hale Road in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons | 1569 | 47% | 15% | 43.1% |
| Sites built with Wix in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons | 210 | 60% | 32% | 43.1% |
| Sites using Treatwell in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons | 20 | 49% | 0% | 43.1% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Treatwell in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons | 4 | 53% | 0% | 43.1% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using Treatwell in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons: Najwan Beauty Centre (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/najwanbeautycentre.co.uk); Standish Brows and Beauty Bar (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/standishhairandbeauty.co.uk); The Beauty Lab (D 47.7%, https://directindex.org/r/thebeautylabmcr.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Appointments only through treatwell; No price list of services found), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 1,569 in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Howard Yuill Hairdressing and Sabre Mens Grooming at 40 Hale Road, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/howardyuill.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +441619416606

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): yes
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no
- Vendor terms for agents, Treatwell: Not stated. Treatwell's website and app terms of use (April 2024), section 8.4.3, forbid automated systems or software that extract content or data without a written licence; bookings fall under separate booking terms that were not read, so an agent booking for a customer is not addressed here. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.treatwell.co.uk/info/terms-of-use/

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/howardyuill.co.uk
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: yes
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/howardyuill.co.uk/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/howardyuill.co.uk/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=howardyuill.co.uk&force=1