The joint administrators of G.R. & M.M. Blackledge plc, trading as Bodycare, have provided the following update regarding the progress of the administration.
Following their appointment, the Administrators have been running a sales process to establish interest in the business. To date, they have received interest from a number of parties in relation to the stores and as such, they continue to pursue this with the hope of securing a transaction.
Unfortunately, however, given the shortage of stock and costs associated with operating stores, it is no longer viable to continue to trade all 115 stores retained on appointment. The joint administrators have therefore made the difficult decision to commence a closure programme for the following stores:
Closing on Tuesday 16 September 2025
Bolton Salford
Bromsgrove Skipton
Castleford Stevenage
Chesterfield Sutton-in-Ashfield
Doncaster Thornaby
Greenock Ulverston
Mansfield Whitehaven
Closing on Thursday 18 September 2025
Dudley Newark
Dunfermline Northallerton
Hanley Ormskirk
Hull Redcar
Hyde Rochdale
Ilford Shrewsbury
Ipswich St Helens
Morpeth Workington
Regrettably, all members of staff at these stores will be made redundant upon closure. The administrators will continue to provide all support to those impacted, including supporting them with claims to the Redundancy Payments Service.
Nick Holloway, Managing Director at Interpath and joint administrator, said: “We’d like to express our sincere thanks to the hundreds of dedicated 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 of the business as possible.”
