Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is "one of the UK’s leading retailers"; they "employ over 78,000 people in the UK and abroad, and have over 700 UK stores, plus an expanding international business."

Corporate Propaganda
"In 1982, M&S were founding members of Business in the Community- set up to promote investment in regenerating local communities. In 2008 we were one of the first companies to be awarded the Community Mark. This was renewed in 2011...

"We help raise funds for a range of national charity partners covering environment, poverty and exclusion and health & wellbeing through a calendar of activities. These currently include: Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Butterfly Conservation, Groundwork, Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, Macmillan, Oxfam, The Prostate Cancer Charity, Shelter and WWF."

Board
Accessed June 2012:


 * Robert Swannell - Chairman
 * Marc Bolland - Chief Executive
 * Alan Stewart - Chief Finance Officer
 * Kate Bostock
 * John Dixon
 * Steven Sharp
 * Laura Wade-Gery
 * Vindi Banga
 * Miranda Curtis
 * Jeremy Darroch
 * Steven Holliday
 * Martha Lane Fox
 * Jan du Plessis
 * Amanda Mellor - roup Secretary and Head of Corporate Governance

Board (2010)
Accessed June 2010:


 * Sir Stuart Rose - Chair
 * Marc Bolland - chief executive
 * Sir David Michels
 * Ian Dyson
 * Kate Bostock
 * Steven Sharp
 * John Dixon
 * Jeremy Darroch
 * Martha Lane Fox
 * Steven Holliday
 * Louise Patten
 * Jan du Plessis
 * Amanda Mellor

Criticism

 * James Ball, "Marks & Spencer under fire over online tax arrangements", The Guardian, 19 May, 2013.
 * Tom Mills, Hilary Aked, Tom Griffin, David Miller, "The UK’s Pro-Israel Lobby in Context", New Left Project, November 27, 2013.
 * Paul Murphy, "Solidarity with M&S workers- Decent pensions for all!", Blog, December 6, 2013.

Contact
URL: www.marksandspencer.com

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 * Lord Burns - former chair
 * Marcus Sieff
 * Israel Sieff
 * Charles Wilson (UK)
 * Justin King - former Director of Food
 * Alison Reed
 * Rene Carayol - former board member
 * Anthony Habgood - former board member
 * Tanith Dodge
 * Sir Martin Jacomb - former board member
 * Alan McWalter - former board member
 * Joanna Lumley - ambassador
 * Jude Bridge
 * Miranda Curtis
 * Jean Tomlin - former HR Director
 * Guy McCracken
 * Clara Freeman - former board member
 * In Dec 2013 "A vast Marks & Spencer warehouse has changed hands in a multi-million pound deal. The 900,000 sq ft M&S East Midlands Distribution Centre, in Castle Donington, has been bought by Tritax Big Box REIT for £82.5 million.