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Who are Scattered Spider? FBI warns M&S hackers are now targeting airline industry

British teens are thought to be among the members of the international group

Evening Standard

Marks & Spencer is back online – these are my favourite fashion picks for summer

Browse the retailer’s latest fashion drop, in the wake of the cyber attack

The Independent UK

M&S ‘working day and night’ to manage impact of cyber attack

Chief executive Stuart Machin said he is ‘really sorry’ customers have been affected.

Evening Standard

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M&S customers rally behind retailer as thousands send messages of support after cyber attack

Shoppers back retailer after hacker group linked to attack last week

The Independent UK

Marks and Spencer has suffered a cyberattack - here’s what we know so far

M&S stores remain largely unaffected following incident.

TechRadar

From outcast to on-track: How M&S found a culture to turn a crumbling business around

M&S is enjoying four years of growth under the leadership of Archie Norman and Stuart Machin however there is still much more to do and they are not resting on their laurels.

Fortune

Thousands of retail workers to get 5 per cent pay rise next month

Marks & Spencer said it will spend about £95 million on pay increases in April as the minimum wage rises across the UK

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Marks & Spencer shop workers to get 5% pay rise in April

The retailer said it will spend about £95 million on pay increases, which will come at the same time as a rise in the minimum wage across the UK.

Evening Standard

Business hiring at its weakest since the pandemic following Budget tax raid on employers

Researchers warns there is unlikely to be any “significant improvement” in the near future

Evening Standard

M&S boss says Government must ‘act now’ as Budget risks shrinking UK retail

Stuart Machin, writing in the Sunday Times, called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to ‘act now’ and make changes to her tax plans.

Evening Standard

M&S chief accuses government of raiding retail sector ‘like a piggy bank’

Stuart Machin says the government’s latest tax policies risk stifling growth

The Independent UK

M&S boss says UK retailers being ‘raided like a piggy bank’ over planned tax rises

Stuart Machin also speculates about whether successive governments have been guilty of ‘snobbery’ towards retail

The Guardian - UK

Big retail will cope – but Reeves’ NICs raid is too much, too soon for part-timers

In the hospitality sector, where labour costs are a bigger proportion of the overall base, employers have fewer options

The Guardian - UK

M&S vows to constrain price rises after Budget hit but warns task ‘not easy’

Shares plunged as boss Stuart Machin also cautioned of an ‘uncertain’ economic picture, taking the shine off bumper Christmas trading.

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Marks & Spencer sales surge over Christmas, boosted by bumper food division

The retailer saw a record sales day for its food department during the festive period.

The Guardian - UK

‘We have a lot more to do’: no pats on the back at M&S despite blockbuster year

Turnaround is in full swing and bearing fruit, but bosses are only too aware of a history of revamps that failed to stick

The Independent UK

Marks & Spencer given permission to demolish flagship Oxford Street store

Angela Rayner has given M&S the green light after Michael Gove refused the application last year

The Guardian - UK

Cost increases for shops and pubs are real and large. Pity the small operators

M&S will pay an extra £60m in employer national insurance next year, but it can cope. Smaller firms may not

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The Guardian - UK

M&S profits rise but retailer warns of £60m hit from Reeves’s budget

Concerns over increase in national insurance contributions and minimum wage on customers and suppliers

Evening Standard

M&S reveals £120m hit from Budget measures

The firm said it would do ‘everything we can’ not to pass on the extra costs to consumers, but ‘cannot rule anything out’.

The Independent UK

Cost of living fears rise as pubs and supermarkets warn of Budget “double whammy”

Outspoken Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin is amongst those expressing concern

Evening Standard

Marks & Spencer sees profits surge, but cautions over consumer pressures

The retailer reported underlying pre-tax profits up 17.2% to £407.8 million for the six months to September 28.

The Guardian - UK

M&S increases stocks of smaller womenswear sizes due to higher demand

Rise in sales of ranges in six to 10 suggests retailer has been successful in appealing to younger demographic

The Guardian - UK

M&S gets it right (finally) on annual meetings. Others should make an effort

Last year’s ‘digital-only’ event ruffled feathers. This year’s hybrid meeting fuelled greater attendance and more openness

Evening Standard

CEOs paid too little? That sounds a bit rich

City Comment: More of our executives would go to the US if they were truly underpaid

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