CA daily briefing: Friday 14 August

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Andrew Harbison here bringing you this morning's news and updates.
The latest from ICAS
ICAS has responded to the Scottish Government’s Consultation Paper “The AI Of The Possible: Developing Scotland’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy.” James Barbour provides a summary of the response.
Today's top stories from around the web
- ‘Raise sick pay’ to lower virus health and economic risks (BBC News)
- Natwest to bring wealth management divisions under single leadership (City AM)
- EasyJet finances still under review after $266m sale and leaseback deal (Reuters)
- UK’s return to work risks being stumped by childcare closures (Bloomberg)
- Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud’s housing firm at risk of insolvency (The Guardian)
- Insurers paid almost £1m a day to support families of Covid victims (The Independent)
- Fortnite sues Apple and Google after it is dropped from app stores (Sky News)
- What to expect as China-US trade talks resume (BBC News)
- EU Commission opens anti-dumping probe into Chinese aluminium products (Reuters)
That's all for this week. Check back next week for your Monday briefing.