Anchor Impact

Graphic of Leeds Anchor Network impact metrics. Text provided below.

Leeds Anchor Network impact metrics

  • 61,000 employees - two-thirds live in Leeds
  • 2,400 apprentices, up 28% in four years
  • 90% of employees paid Real Living Wage or above (Real Living Wage Foundation rates)
  • Gender pay gap reducing and below the Leeds average
  • Increasingly diverse and representative of the Leeds population
  • £600m spent in Leeds, a £90m increase on the previous year
  • 139,000 tonnes CO2 reduction over five years (scope 1 & 2)

Data from 13 members of Leeds Anchor Network for financial year 2024/25.