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John Lewis Partnership (JLP) today (Thursday June 6) announced the appointment of Sharon White as the Partnership’s sixth Chairman. She will take up the role when Sir Charlie Mayfield steps down in early 2020. Since March 2015, Sharon has been chief executive of Ofcom, the UK’s communications services regulator. Before …

John Lewis Partnership (JLP) staff have donated over 24,500 hours in the last year through the retailer’s Golden Jubilee Trust long-term volunteering programme – equivalent to 3,293 working days, and a record number of hours since the programme launched 19 years ago. JLP owns and operates department store group John …

John Lewis Partnership (JLP) announced today (Wednesday March 20) that all John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners shops, head offices, distribution centres and other UK sites will have a net zero carbon footprint by 2050 at the latest – and its entire transport fleet will be zero carbon …

John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has achieved Disability Confident Leader status – the highest accreditation in the Department for Work and Pensions’ scheme which recognises and supports employers who recruit and retain people with disabilities. JLP owns and operates retail brands John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners. It is …

The John Lewis Partnership has announced that following a competitive pitch day for its retail innovation programme JLAB, it will continue discussions with six businesses. The retailer is ‘seeking innovative ideas to deliver more inspirational, immersive and personalised in-store shopping experiences’. Over 160 businesses entered the contest, with the chance …

John Lewis & Partners has announced that, after 43 years in the business, operations director Dino Rocos will retire at the end of May. From the end of January until he retires, Dino will report directly to group finance director Patrick Lewis and will lead the company’s ongoing work ‘to …

John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has begun the search for a successor to Sir Charlie Mayfield, who will step down as JLP’s fifth chairman in its nearly 100 year history during 2020. The new chairman will be announced in the second half of 2019. The retailer said the selection process has …

The John Lewis Partnership has renamed its John Lewis and Waitrose brands to highlight their employee-owned status. The John Lewis Partnership is the UK’s largest example of an employee-owned business where all 83,000 staff are ‘Partners’ or co-owners. The department store group John Lewis been now has renamed ‘John Lewis …

John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has announced the appointment of Andy Martin as a non-executive director of the JLP board and chair of the audit and risk committee. Andy succeeds Baroness Sarah Hogg who joined the board in 2011 and whose term of office ended on June 30. He has worked …

John Lewis Partnership (JLP) today (Wednesday June 27) outlined the next phase of its strategy, designed to develop and strengthen the business. With annual gross sales of over £11.5 billion, the retailer operates 50 John Lewis shops across the UK, johnlewis.com, 353 Waitrose shops, waitrose.com and business-to-business contracts in the …