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Why supporting the Poppy Appeal is more crucial than ever before

Whilst our donations might be impacted this year, the work we do at The Royal British Legion is needed more than ever. We’re supporting people from all generations facing new hardships as a result of the pandemic, such as social isolation, financial...

Helping prevent holiday hunger in our communities

Since 2015, M&S stores up and down the country have been supporting over 1,500 local causes with surplus food donations via the Neighbourly platform. In that time, we’ve helped put more than 18 million meals on the table for those who need it...

World Mental Health Day: Making mental wellbeing a part of our everyday

At M&S, we want every colleague to be able to bring their whole self and their best self to work—because quite simply, it’s what helps us to deliver the best job for everyone. A big part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer...

National Inclusion Week: Making inclusion an everyday reality at M&S

From our fantastic store teams, to the designers and developers that create and make our products and the distribution teams that help deliver them—M&S is a business that is built on people. And no two M&S colleagues are the same, because...

Recycle Week 2020: sparking change together

In a year when our customers, colleagues and communities have faced into huge uncertainty and upheaval in the way we live and work, it’s empowering to see positive change when it comes to environmental action. Now in its 17th year, Recycle...

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...