22nd Mar 2023 - 05:00
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The M&S franchise team at King’s College Hospital, operated by One Retail a division of Compass Group UK&I, has secured M&S academy status making it the first franchise outside of high street stores to achieve this accolade.
Academy site status, means that M&S King’s College Hospital will become a regional centre for learning, supporting inductions, training and development for other M&S franchisee employees.
The M&S King’s College Hospital will be the role model for all surrounding stores and it will road test new initiatives before wider roll out.
Commenting on the academy accreditation, Andy Jones managing director of One Retail said: “It’s a huge honour for our King’s College Team to be the first of the M&S academy accreditation Programme, shortly followed by Royal Derby. We are really proud to be a M&S partner and delighted that our teams are going to be the role model for the wider M&S franchisees.”