Staff at Lush are to relocate to Germany following the results of Britain’s European referendum. The natural cosmetics and bath product retailer said that its intention to move European production to mainline Europe had been in the pipeline for some time, but that the Brexit vote had accelerated the process.

"While this was always the plan - to make product for Europe in Europe (alongside our Croatian factory) - the reality of the Brexit vote has meant we have done it with a bullet," a spokesperson for Lush told Reuters.
"Many of our staff still have uncertainties about what the Brexit deal will mean for them and continue to wait anxiously for this to be revealed."

Approximately 18 members of staff will have moved to Germany by the weekend and more staff from the company’s 1,400-strong workforce will be offered roles in the Dusseldorf location this week.