A chain store inside Salford shopping centre has been shut down following the collapse of a health and beauty chain into administration.
Bodycare, located at the shopping complex in Pendleton, opened for the last time today after administrators for the company said it was no longer viable to keep stores open due to stock shortages and operating costs.
The store in Salford was one of 14 to close today, with `16 locations across the country set to shut up shop for good on Thursday, 18 September.
The retailer fell into administration on 5 September and immediately closed 32 of its 147 shops with the loss of 450 jobs.
About 235 staff working across the stores will be made redundant, the company said.
Nick Holloway, the managing director at Interpath and a joint administrator, said: “We’d like to express our sincere thanks to hundreds of Bodycare staff who have shown such professionalism since our appointment.
“We will continue to trade the remaining 85 stores while we remain in discussions with interested parties with the aim of preserving as much as the business as possible.
Interpath is currently pursuing a potential rescue sale of the business and assets.
The company said it had received interest from a number of parties in relation to the stores.
Bodycare was founded in 1970 in Lancashire and sells beauty products, as well as fragrances and other bathroom items.
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