Marks & Spencer is to increase minimum pay by more than 5% to £10 an hour and offer free health checks to workers as labour shortages force up wages across the retail and hospitality industries.
The rise puts M&S workers just ahead of the new legal minimum wage of £9.50 an hour for those 23 and over that comes into force in April, and is on par with supermarkets including Sainsbury’s and Morrisons.
