CA daily briefing: Friday 4 September

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Hilde Oesterkloeft here to give you this morning's latest news and updates.
The latest from ICAS
Marie Gardner CA looks at ICAS research which considers the perceived threats and opportunities of technological advances on the profession.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Court threat to housebuilders over leasehold ‘trap’ (BBC News)
- Co-op to create 1,000 new jobs in post-lockdown £130m investment drive (City AM)
- Job ads slow in UK but office experts in demand, survey shows (Reuters)
- 'War on plastic' could strand oil industry's £300bn investment (The Guardian)
- Coronavirus: Virgin Atlantic to cut another 1,000 jobs after £1.2bn rescue (Sky News)
- HS2 rail project work begins with pledge of 22,000 jobs (BBC News)
- New UK car registrations slip in August, industry data shows (Reuters)
- More than 100m meals eaten through Eat Out to Help Out scheme (City AM)
- HS2: construction of £106bn high-speed rail line officially starts (The Guardian)
That's all for today. Check back next week for your Monday briefing.