Retail

Technology retailer Currys has increased pay for its workforce through an £8 million investment, with a 6% increase in hourly-paid wages.

More than 10,000 managers at supermarket chain Asda will not receive a bonus this year after its market share has shrunk.

Tesco expands its Stronger Starts apprenticeship programme, introducing five times more places for young people in 2025.

Lidl is giving its 28,000 hourly-paid employees a pay rise from March 2025, ahead of the increase in the national living wage.

Marks and Spencer boss Stuart Machin repeats call on government to phase in increase to employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs).

Supermarket chain Aldi has announced the creation of 1,600 new jobs this year as it opens more stores in the UK.

Asda workers advance to final stage in equal pay battle, as tribunal rules some of their jobs are of equal value to jobs in distribution centres.  

Gig economy apps Temper and YoungOnes warned they may be operating illegally by providing "freelance" workers to business.

Offenders facing short prison terms could offered a job at Iceland Foods instead, executives at the supermarket have suggested.

WH Smith has confirmed it is seeking a buyer for its high street stores, which could put staff in its 500 shops at risk of redundancy.

Sainsbury’s has revealed plans to axe 3,000 jobs by cutting most of its cafes and hot food counters and reducing management roles by a fifth.

Supermarket chain Aldi increases pay for store assistants to at least £12.71 per hour nationally, from March 2025.

Morrisons shop workers fighting for equal pay have overcome another step in their legal process following an employment tribunal judgment.

Sainsbury’s has announced it will increase wages by 5% from £12 an hour to £12.60 by August.

Retail companies are recruiting young store assistants without basic employment rights for seasonal work, an investigation by the Observer has alleged.