Tesco boosts pay for staff
TESCO has awarded its 233,000 UK employees a 2.5 per cent pay rise from next month.
Tesco customer assistants, who make up 65 per cent of store staff, will also get an additional 0.2 per cent, taking their hourly rate above £7 for the first time.
Recently it announced a £110million bonus pot for staff after profits rose 12 per cent to £3.8billion, as well as an overhaul of executive pay.