At Burton's we are proud to employ over 2,000 biscuit experts across
the UK, baking some of the UK's most loved snack brands such as
Wagon Wheels, Jammie Dodgers, Maryland cookies, Lyons, Fish 'n'
Chips and Royal Edinburgh, alongside some excellent retailer brands
and partnerships under exciting licenses. We have six Burton's
bakeries, Edinburgh, Blackpool and Llantarnam, a Thomas Fudge's site
in Dorset, a Paterson's site in Livingston and one in the Isle of Arran
and a Head Office in St Albans.
Most of our colleagues work in our bakeries (77%), making our
delicious products and working hard to make every day more of a treat
for our consumers.
As a business, we wholeheartedly believe in diversity and that our
workforce should reflect our wide-ranging consumer-base.
We must remember that, although the gender pay gap report gives us
great momentum for reviewing and improving the opportunities
available to men and women in the workplace, gender pay gap and
equal pay are different matters. Gender pay gap is the difference in
average pay between men and women in a business. It is different to
equal pay, which is a legal requirement to pay men and women the
same for equal or similar work.
We strongly believe that our (4.5%) mean pay gap - which is
significantly lower than the National average mean of 14.9% (ONS
Provisional data - 2021) is an indication of our progress to date. Our
existing policies and procedures support inclusion and diversity on a
gender basis, however we are still committed to do more to improve
our gender pay gap.
Inclusion and diversity is a very broad matter and gender equality is
one (important) part of our wider strategy. We are passionate about
doing what is right for our employees and prospective employees and
are fully committed to making Burton's Biscuits the employer of choice
for colleagues of all backgrounds. We are proud of our existing gender
pay gap number and are excited about reducing it even further with
the plans we have in place.
We confirm that the data in this report is accurate.
INTRODUCTION
Simon Browne
MD
Burton's Biscuits
Hayley Kingdom
HR Director
Burton's Biscuits