The firm subscribes to the principles of Equality & Diversity and our recruitment policy is based solely on ability to fulfil the role irrespective of age, gender, disability, ethnic background, faith, sexual orientation or socio-economic background. It is a requirement of some of the regulated activities that the firm conducts to publish diversity data, however completion of this questionnaire by staff is voluntary and we must also consider privacy and data protection when publishing results. As such we choose to summarise our publicly disclosed data as follows:- Broadly our partners and staff are 50% Male and 50% Female. We have a broad spread of ages between 18 and 67. Whilst the majority of our staff are from a white UK background, we also have staff from other ethnic backgrounds. The majority of our staff have received UK state education and come from a similar family background. We are supportive of staff who have caring responsibilities as well as those expecting and bringing up families and we are also supportive of flexible working patterns. The results have been obtained from our latest biennial diversity survey dated March 2023.