The Body Shop is to close 75 stores across the UK in the next six weeks with the loss of 489 jobs, according to administrators who are overseeing the restructuring.
The closures are spread across the country, from Swansea to Glasgow, and mean that nearly 800 people will lose their jobs when the 300 redundancies at the head office are taken into account.
However, 116 stores will stay open under the changes, which affect only the company’s UK…