Seven weeks' pay bonus for shop staff

Staff at the UK's John Lewis Partnership are to get an annual bonus equivalent to more than seven weeks’ pay, the retail group announced today.

The 63,000 partners, who co-own the department store and supermarket business, will share a pot of £106m (€152.2m), an increase of 21% on a year earlier following a 24% rise in pre-tax profits to £216m (€310.1m) in the year to January 29.