B&Q is bumping its staff pay rates from April, maintaining its position among the best-paying retailers for shopfloor workers, Retail Week can reveal. 

B&Q colleague working in a store

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The pay increase will affect more than 15,000 B&Q employees

The home improvement giant is increasing its UK minimum hourly rate to £13.10 per hour, and its London rate to up to £14.44 per hour.

The rise means more than 15,000 B&Q employees will earn an extra 39p per hour, which the retailer says is worth over £745.29 more a year to a full-time colleague.

The increase will be paid in full from April 1 and not staggered across the year, which B&Q said was “in recognition of the difference shopfloor colleagues make to B&Q’s continuing improvements to customer experience and market share growth”.

B&Q pays the same minimum hourly rate for all employees aged over 18, including apprentices. 

The retailer told Retail Week: “In addition to competitive rates of pay, B&Q is committed to empowering colleagues to learn new skills, grow their career and develop for the future, and offers over 40 different apprenticeships, with more than 2,500 colleagues having completed or undertaking an apprenticeship.

“Additionally, colleagues at B&Q are eligible for a number of benefits including enhanced family leave, an award‑winning pension plan, retail discounts for groceries and other every day needs, wellbeing support via B&Q’s partnership with the Retail Trust and the B&Q Colleague Support Fund, plus generous savings on B&Q products, including a 20% colleague discount and enhanced 30% savings on sustainable and energy‑saving ranges.” 

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