The government is looking to recruit 18,000 contact tracers as part of its "test, track and trace" plan to defeat coronavirus. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the drive as part of the next stage of its strategy.

Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.

The preliminary results from Wave 3 of the Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS) of UK businesses which shows:

• 1 in 4 (24%) of surveyed businesses continuing to trade reported that their turnover had decreased by more than half the normal level, in the period 6 April to 19 April 2020.

• The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was the most popular government scheme applied for, with 66% of all responding businesses, whether continuing to trade or pausing trade in the latest wave, applying.

For a list of remote volunteering opportunities by borough visit - https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/volunteering/coronavirus-volunteering-opportunities#acc-i-60747 

Companies which are hiring during the Covid 19 outbreak.