Retail

Supermarket Asda is to increase hourly pay rates for its store-based employees in three phases as part of an £80 million investment.

WH Smith as a brand is set to disappear after it agreed to sell its 480 high street shops to private equity firm Modella Capital.

Employers in the retail sector are cutting back on workplace benefits in a bid to offset costs ahead of next...

Morrisons announces it will close cafés, meat and fish counters, and convenience stores to help mitigate significant cost increases.

Tesco has announced a pay rise for its store employees from 30 March, following negotiations with Usdaw trade union.

The retailer said it did not believe “it would be right” to pay a bonus this year as it continues to reinvest in the business.

More than 200 employees who were contracted to work on the separation of the supermarket’s IT system from former owner Walmart were dismissed this week.

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.