M&S forecast to post half-year loss as Covid hits clothing & home

// Analysts say M&S will post a £59m pre-tax loss when it presents half-year trading update next week
// It’s thought that the pandemic and the lockdown period would have hit sales in its clothing & home department
// M&S forecast to post 0.3% growth in like-for-like food sales while like-for-like clothing & home sales expected to be 41% lowerMarks & Spencer is set to deliver a loss for the past six months as the Covid-19 pandemic weighed on clothing and home sale