Award winning Glasgow-based Vanilla Blush is nearing plans to open a second headquarters now that the UK is on the Brexit motorway. The award winning company has selceted a number of possible new HQs within the EU, with Ireland being the number one spot for its European Union operations.   

The idea is to pre-empt any possible rise in export and import, as well as packaging and posting, that would come about with Vanilla Blush functioning in two single markets - one in the UK and one in the EU. 

The Dublin-born CEO, Nicola Dames, said: "Prior to the Brexit decision it made great sense to have our HQ in one of the UK's leading cities, and therefore of one the EU's leading cities, which is Glasgow.

"However, it is now clear that we will now have to have two HQs, one in and for the UK and one in and for the EU.

"It is important for the post-surgery ostomate community to have a high visual presence in the EU, and with the UK withdrawing, it makes sense to replicate our very successful UK model. However Vanilla Blush is still committed to keeping its UK HQ in Glasgow."