Matt Rodda, the longest-serving MP in Reading and the Labour MP for Reading Central, visited the M&S on Broad Street to learn more about how the store operates.
Mr Rodda said: "It was good to visit M&S in Broad Street, to meet staff and to learn more about this important town centre business. The store offers a wide range of food and clothing and is a well-known and popular store in our town centre as well as a major employer. It was great to meet staff and learn more about their work and wider range of stock."
He met David Lavington, the store manager, and Dorothy Belcher, who manages the denim section, during the visit.
The M&S has been in Broad Street since 1912, a 114-year tenure. Before that, it established a 'Penny Bazaar' in West Street in 1905.
There are eight M&S locations in the Reading area, including the M&S Foodhall in Shepherds Hill, Woodley and Lower Earley, and the 'Simply Food' convenience stores at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, the Three Tuns junction and Tilehurst Road. This figure includes the two Simply Food locations at the Reading M4 services.
James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporter
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