Blog

Sustainable seafood: building on our commitment

At M&S, I’m part of a team of experts that oversees our Sustainable Seafood Policy and ensures we continue building on our high standards – because our simple aim is to lead the way when it comes to responsibly sourced seafood. We’ve...

Engaging, involving and fast-moving: my first year as an M&S Enterprise Grad

It's early September which means I'm coming to the end of my first year on M&S' brand-new Enterprise graduate programme. Sitting within the transformation team, it gives grads a rare opportunity to take on an 18-month consultative...

It’s delivery day with Ocado

Last summer, we officially welcomed Ocado into the M&S family when we completed our Joint Venture partnership. Our aim was to create the UK’s best online grocer by bringing the best together: Ocado’s market leading service with our delicious...

Sharing the sustainability stories of our materials online

Searches on our website for information relating to 'sustainable fashion'—vegan leather, for example— started to rise in 2018 and have remained a high-performing search category ever since.Sustainable fashion matters to many of our...

M&S Rochdale Riverside: brand-new store ready for customers to shop with confidence

Our brand-new Rochdale Riverside store quietly opened on 6 April, two weeks into lockdown. We shut up the old shop on Sunday night and on Monday morning picked up where we left off in a new store, better-located and better-equipped to serve our family...

Let's show our pride!

Written by David Barnes and James OverstallOur goal of becoming a truly inclusive place, where everyone is free to be themselves isn't just the right thing to do, it's the only thing to do. We can only be all in this together— and all in...

Making sustainability part of our family of businesses

We’ve been clear that this means delivering long-term value for all our stakeholders through offering trusted value to our customers. Trusted because they can count on a great price, great quality and feel confident that they can trust us to source...

How our colleagues have helped shape our NHS support

M&S has a long history of supporting the NHS – from our longstanding charity partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital to our colleagues volunteering at St. Mary’s Hospital, which neighbours our Waterside Support Centre. It’s...

Josna's story: celebrating women in our supply chain

Did you know that in Bangladesh clothing factories, 80% of the colleagues making our clothes are women, despite 95% of the supervisors being men? It means 90% of the managerial talent in factories comes from just 20% of the workforce. As the UK’s...

How we're marking the 75th anniversay of VE day

The Royal British Legion - 75th anniversary of VE Day organises the national VE Day two minutes’ silence every year and M&S has been working with them since 2009 to raise over £8.5 million for the Armed Forces community. But our support...

Making the perfect match: how we’re using data to revitalise our mentoring scheme

Fostering a culture where colleagues feel empowered to be their very best is at the heart of realising our transformation plans. We believe mentoring plays a crucial role in creating and sustaining a high-performing, inclusive culture. That’s...

Making our denim better for people & the planet

Jeans are a true wardrobe staple for the whole family and at M&S we absolutely love denim – serving 1 in 10 denim shoppers in the UK (read more here). For a clothing technologist, the material is one of the most interesting to work with as there...