More than half of UK scaleups had a gender pay gap worse than the national average in 2020. Only one — energy provider Bulb — had no gap, new government data shows.
Analysis
October 18, 2021
Most UK scaleups have worse than average gender pay gap
… And just one had no pay gap.
4 min read
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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