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.

How can we build the societies of the future and what part will technology play?

Can debt really be considered good? And do we need more of it? At Tortoise Media’s recent ‘The Future of Money’ event I was invited to consider this alongside finance coach and author of Black Girl Finance, Selina Flavius, and the co-author of Angrynomics, Eric Lonergan.

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

Simon Freeman and Paul Abraham discuss the challenges that local government has faced during the Coronavirus pandemic and how creating partnerships across the private and third sectors is the key to future success.

‘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.

In this monthly podcast series, we explore the changing trajectories across education, skills and employment.