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Data from the Bridge Group and Progress Together showed that socio-economic background remains the single strongest predictor of who reaches senior leadership in UK financial services.

Senior leadership continues to be dominated by privileged backgrounds. #PerformanceNotPrivilege
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Graphic with the text: In the UK’s financial services, men from higher socio-economic backgrounds are 3.4x more likely to reach senior roles than women from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Plus report cover and logos from the Bridge Group and Progress Together.
January 15, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Last week, we launched our new research with Progress Together showing that financial services employees from a lower socio-economic background face nearly two years longer to progress than their peers from privileged backgrounds.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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The Bridge Group attended today’s senior leaders' roundtable at the Bank of England. Not your average roundtable — this one set the tone for the future.
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Bridge Group team members outside the Bank of England The report: Shaping the growth: Socio-economic diversity in financial services
October 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Socio-economic background remains the single strongest predictor of who reaches senior leadership in UK #FinancialServices, according to new data released today by the Bridge Group and Progress Together.

Read the report #ShapingTheGrowth2025: bit.ly/4q5be6P

#PerformanceNotPrivilege
Graphic with the text: Performance not privilege: Who gets to the top in UK financial services?
October 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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At a pivotal moment for financial services, this morning the Bridge Group and Progress Together launch the 2025 socio-economic diversity Data Report, drawing on insights from over 210,000 employees across the UK financial services sector.
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Graphic with bar chart and the text: Who gets to the top in UK financial services?
October 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM