According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), 65% of children entering primary school today will end up in jobs that don’t yet exist.

To mark today’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), Andy Start spoke to Damian Riley, to discuss the importance of disability inclusivity.

"Can we uninstall 2020? The current version has a nasty virus in it,” says the meme flying around social media for the past few months. There are, however, glimmers of light that can be found around the world which have arisen out of the pandemic.

If the cloud was a priority for businesses before 2020, the onset of the global pandemic has made it more critical than ever.

Research done over the past few years has shown that having people of different genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages and physical and mental abilities within your organisation is good for all sorts of things from innovation and creativity to engagement and retention.

Our priority at Capita is to support our clients as they adapt to unprecedented circumstances, to continue keeping critical national infrastructure, businesses and public services running smoothly and to protect the well-being of our colleagues

In the first two parts of our blog series on building a sustainable workplace, we explored how IT will enable change and considered what sustainable workplaces might look like.

Angela Knowles-Ellis, Head of Telephony at a Capita run contact centre in Darlington, explains how training from bereavement charity Winston’s Wish has helped staff deal with vulnerable customers during the pandemic.

While the pandemic has certainly shifted the skills landscape in a multitude of ways, the types of skills we expect to see in demand remain the same.

Being in a good place mentally and physically is vital to being able to do your best work: people are unlikely to be productive if they’re worrying about their finances or feeling stressed and unhappy or dealing with a physical condition unsupported.