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More than 9,200 M&S shop workers are set to get bumper payouts under a share scheme.
The high street chain says it expects that employees – mostly customer service assistants – who put a typical £150 a month into its 2020 share save scheme will gain more than £10,000 when it pays out on February 1.
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