CA daily briefing: Friday 30 April

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
The latest from ICAS
In her latest article, Justine Riccomini explains why it is important for the business community and general public to understand more about taxation in Scotland.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Barclays boss predicts biggest economic boom since 1948 (BBC News)
- UK private equity firms pool £20bn fire power as they circle higher value targets (City AM)
- Tax cut drives biggest jump in UK house prices since 2004 (Reuters)
- Young workers are drifting away from London as jobs dry up (Bloomberg)
- People could be asked to watch educational video before investing (The Guardian)
- Natwest boss says bank would move HQ to London if Scotland votes for independence (Sky News)
- Amazon hopes pandemic habits stick after profits triple (BBC News)
- HMRC: We’re not clamping down on crypto (City AM)
- Alibaba freezes executive pay rises amid China's big- tech crackdown (Reuters)
- Co-op to ditch plastic ‘bags for life’ over pollution concerns (The Guardian)
That's all for today. Check back next week for your Monday briefing.