Brexit delays Unilever decision on UK or Dutch base

Anglo-Dutch consumer-goods giant Unilever wants to consolidate its headquarters in the UK or the Netherlands, but Brexit is making it harder to choose.

The maker of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Dove soap said in a statement that a review of the dual structure is “progressing well,” after Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman told the Financial Times he would advocate delaying the decision because of a “moving playing field — with political turbulence out there.”

Unilever said in April it would consider doing away with its long-standing policy of maintaining separate corporations based in London and Rotterdam. A streamlined structure would