The UK’s huge unemployment crisis is just beginning, and it is becoming clear that young people are going to be hugely impacted.

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

While Covid has put the brakes on a lot of things – normal schooling, visiting family and friends, holidays and music festivals, commuting and meetings in the office, it has enabled and accelerated the uptake and development of a number of other trends.

If any of us were in any doubt about the importance of giving back to the people and communities around us, the Covid-19 pandemic has certainly brought it home.

Our customer service innovation team is solving industry-specific problems through technology, analytics and process design.

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.

The UK is set to spend over £9bn this year on PFI contracts – and a total of £48bn in the next five years. This level of spending will continue until we see the first peak in contracts expiring around 2030. Expiry will see assets worth £14bn (their original capital value) transferring back to public ownership.

There is no doubt that we’re going through one of the toughest periods in living memory, for individuals, for organisations and for the sectors and industries they work in.