Transparency, accessibility, and control. When supporting job seekers back into the world of work through government schemes – especially in a time as volatile as now – these three imperatives are a good place to start.

While many companies may have paid lip service to the issue of racism in 2020, the unconscious, and sometimes explicit, bias of racism runs deep.

In a time when figures and statistics have become a disheartening staple of daily life, the numbers relating to unemployment in the UK make for even more difficult and disturbing reading.

It’s become a cliché but the Covid-19 storm has not found us all in the same boat. The impact on income, on employment, even on the chances of contracting the virus and recovering, is hugely influenced by three factors – ethnicity, gender and poverty.

I had the pleasure of attending a recent webinar hosted by the Conservative Friends of the Armed Forces network.

‘Super Saturday’ on 4th July heralded a new phase of Covid-19 economic recovery in the UK, as hairdressers, pubs and restaurants were able to open for the first time since lockdown began.

World Youth Skills Day (15th July) comes as youth unemployment is soaring due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jack Parsons is a 25 year old, award-winning digital entrepreneur and CEO of The Youth Group which is building a meaningful group of youth-first solutions, products, and services to create action and jobs for young people.

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