{"id":13,"date":"2017-01-16T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.62.29.123\/~marriottstats\/nigels-blog\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-01-04T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T10:39:52","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-13\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-13-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-13-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"frontblog panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-13-0-0\" ><div id=\"panel-13-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_featured-post featured-content featuredpost panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">News<\/h3><article class=\"post-6854 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-diversity tag-gender-pay-gap tag-ons tag-pay-gap-trends tag-pay-gaps tag-presenting-data entry override\" aria-label=\"Pay Gap Trends #9 &#8211; Employer Gender Pay Gaps in 2025 &#8211; The Numbers\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/pay-gap-trends-the-latest-data-for-2025\/\" class=\"alignleft\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GPG-Pay-Gap-by-Sex-UK-2025-No-Errors-ALL-260405-375x350.png\" class=\"entry-image attachment-post\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GPG-Pay-Gap-by-Sex-UK-2025-No-Errors-ALL-260405-375x350.png 375w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GPG-Pay-Gap-by-Sex-UK-2025-No-Errors-ALL-260405-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GPG-Pay-Gap-by-Sex-UK-2025-No-Errors-ALL-260405-768x717.png 768w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GPG-Pay-Gap-by-Sex-UK-2025-No-Errors-ALL-260405.png 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><header class=\"entry-header\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/pay-gap-trends-the-latest-data-for-2025\/\">Pay Gap Trends #9 &#8211; Employer Gender Pay Gaps in 2025 &#8211; The Numbers<\/a><\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p>The deadline for employers to submit their 2025 gender pay gap data has now passed.\u00a0 So what do the numbers tell us about what happened in 2025?\u00a0 How have these changed since 2024 and 2017 when employer gender pay gap reporting (GPGR) became &#x02026; <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/pay-gap-trends-the-latest-data-for-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">[Read More...] <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Pay Gap Trends #9 &#8211; Employer Gender Pay Gaps in 2025 &#8211; The Numbers<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/article><\/div><div id=\"panel-13-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_featured-post featured-content featuredpost panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><article class=\"post-6748 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-diversity tag-256 tag-162 tag-161 tag-255 tag-259 tag-305 tag-326 tag-337 tag-356 tag-data-quality tag-gender-pay-gap tag-pay-gap-data tag-presenting-data entry override\" aria-label=\"Pay Gap Data #9 &#8211; Where can I find gender pay gap data for 2025?\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/latest-gender-pay-gap-data\/\" class=\"alignleft\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPG-Tool-2026-v3-Chart-2-300x284.png\" class=\"entry-image attachment-post\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPG-Tool-2026-v3-Chart-2-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPG-Tool-2026-v3-Chart-2-370x350.png 370w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPG-Tool-2026-v3-Chart-2.png 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><header class=\"entry-header\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/latest-gender-pay-gap-data\/\">Pay Gap Data #9 &#8211; 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Winter 2026<\/a><\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p>Winter 2026 in the UK was warmer, wetter and darker than normal but not the extent I expected given the unrelenting days without &#x02026; <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/uk-weather-trends-winter-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">[Read More...] <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about UK Weather Trends #40 &#8211; Winter 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-13-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"frontblog panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-13-0-1\" ><div id=\"panel-13-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_search panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"newsearch panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-13-0-1-0\" ><form class=\"search-form\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/\" role=\"search\" itemprop=\"potentialAction\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/SearchAction\"><input class=\"search-form-input\" type=\"search\" name=\"s\" id=\"searchform-1\" placeholder=\"Search this website\" itemprop=\"query-input\"><input class=\"search-form-submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Search\"><meta content=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/?s={s}\" itemprop=\"target\"><\/form><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-13-0-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_featured-post featured-content featuredpost\" data-index=\"3\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Other News<\/h3><article class=\"post-6748 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-diversity tag-256 tag-162 tag-161 tag-255 tag-259 tag-305 tag-326 tag-337 tag-356 tag-data-quality tag-gender-pay-gap tag-pay-gap-data tag-presenting-data entry override\" aria-label=\"Pay Gap Data #9 &#8211; 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