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UK retailers are starting to gear up for the crucial Christmas period, with M&S today announcing it was recruiting over 11,000 new Customer Assistants to support in stores over the festive period.

That’s more than 1,000 more than in 2023 and seriously swell the number of staff available to the firm. The company’s website says it currently employs more than 64,000 people.