David Boynton says he is not one for slathering on a face mask, but the nattily turned out chief executive of The Body Shop may need all the relaxation techniques he can find with a difficult year ahead.
On the weekend of what would have been Anita Roddick’s 80th birthday this Sunday, the chain she founded in Brighton in 1976 with a £4,000 loan is rumoured to be on the market for the second time in five years, with a £1bn price tag, after a pandemic boom reversed into a dive in sales.
