High street favourite Marks and Spencer has announced that it will be increasing its hourly wage for shop staff after a massive investment.
Customer assistant staff will see their hourly pay increase to £10.90 from £10.20 from April 1, M&S revealed, which will bring the figure above the National Living Wage. Staff in London will soon be paid £12.05 an hour, rather than £11.25. Staff got two pay rises over the past year, and this additional rise will see a full-time customer assistant earn nearly £150 more per month compared to the same time last year.
Stuart Machin, chief executive at M&S, said: "Whether you’re running a home or a business, everyone is trying to balance the reality of rising costs. Of course, we all hope inflation subsides, and there are some positive signs that it is doing so, but we need to help colleagues in the here-and-now.