Bodycare announced earlier this month that it will shut 32 shops as it collapsed into administration - but on Monday, administrators at advisory firm Interpath confirmed that all 56 of the remaining shops will cease trading, resulting in around 450 redundancies. The high street beauty retailer, founded in Lancashire in 1970, has not been able to secure a buyer for its chain of stores in 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. Interpath said there was still the possibility that it could find a buyer for the Bodycare brand. “We will continue to explore options for the company’s assets, including the Bodycare brand, and will provide further updates in due course.”