PERCHED on a green velvet armchair, in a boutique hotel in south Kensington, is Laura Whitmore.

Consumer goods giant Unilever today unveiled a deal worth £2.3bn (€2.7bn) to add VO5 shampoo and Simple soap to its line-up of hair and skincare products.

THE giant multinational Unilever — which owns HB, Flora, Knorr, Sunsilk and Persil among other well-known products — has placed an advertising ban on skinny models.