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Gender Equality

Making top quality, great tasting pies, quiches and rolls has always been at the heart of what we do here at Higgidy, but having a fantastic team at the centre is what helps to us achieve this – keeping the trolley wheels turning, the shelves stocked and our bellies full.

It’s therefore important to us that each and every member of the Higgidy Team enjoys coming to work and playing an integral part of the Higgidy story. We’re always trying our best to make Higgidy an even better place to work and gender equality is something that is, and always has been, important to us.

People are one of the key ingredients of our Recipe For Responsible Business, and creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is an integral part of this. Amongst many other things, this means doing our very best to close the gender pay gap.  

Higgidy are an employer required by law to carry out Gender Pay Reporting under the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017.

This involves carrying out six calculations using data from over the last year that show the difference between the average earnings of men and women in our organisation; it will not involve publishing individual employees data.

We are required to publish the results on our own website (which you’ll find below) and a government website.

We can use these results to assess:

  • the levels of gender equality in our workplace
  • the balance of male and female employees at different levels
  • how effectively talent is being maximised and rewarded

Further details about how we intend to tackle our gender pay gap can be found by talking to the People Team.

OUR LATEST RESULTS

Our 2023 gender pay gap is 2.94%. This means that on average at Higgidy, men are paid more than women. Whilst our gender pay gap is small and much lower than the ONS national median average, we know we still have some work to do to help close the gap altogether. 

To help us achieve this, we’ll continue to prioritise opportunities for our teams to develop and progress. This year we’re running even more training to raise awareness around unconscious bias, and we’ve also been working on a brand new Rewards Forum to improve the way we hire and promote people at Higgidy.  

Our RISE Mentorship scheme is also in its second year, offering all members of staff at Higgidy the opportunity to reach new levels in their careers by pairing them with a mentor to help create new career pathways across the business.  

You can take a look at our 2023 results in full here.