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A West Lothian beauty retail shop is set to shut up shop for good after the company fell into administration.
Bodycare, located in The Centre, Livingston, will be one of the brands last shops to close after the company collapsed into administration earlier this month and was unable to secure a buyer for its chain of stores in the UK.
Administrators at advisory firm Interpath said this meant it had made the difficult decision to close them down.
Bodycare was founded in 1970 in Lancashire and sold beauty products, fragrances and other bathroom items.
Its stores were based in shopping centres and high streets in towns and cities across the UK.
The final round of closures is expected to happen by Saturday, and will result in all 444 employees working across the shops being made redundant.
It means about 150 shops will have been shut since it went into administration, including branches in Edinburgh and Cameron Toll, with more than 1,000 staff losing their jobs across the UK.
Nick Holloway, managing director at Interpath and joint administrator, said: “We understand this has been a difficult period and so we want to further express our sincere thanks to Bodycare’s staff who, since day one of the administration, have maintained the strong standards of presentation and customer service that Bodycare was renowned for.
“We will continue to explore options for the company’s assets, including the Bodycare brand, and will provide further updates in due course.”
Bodycare appointed Interpath on September 5, saying it had come under pressure from rising costs and a shortfall in funding, which also affected supplier relationships and led to stock shortages.
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