CA daily briefing: Thursday 30 July

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Hilde Oesterkloeft here to give you the latest news and updates from ICAS and around the world.
The latest from ICAS
In our latest podcast episode, Indy Hothi CA sits down with ICAS CEO Bruce Cartwright CA to discuss trust in the profession, the work ICAS is undertaking to support global sustainability and the future of the CA qualification.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Home working trend could 'revive the High Street' (BBC News)
- Treasury tells banks to lend more after EU state aid rules change (City AM)
- UK expands COVID loan scheme for small businesses (Reuters)
- Brexit: Boris Johnson faces Eurotunnel test (The Guardian)
- Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon bosses grilled over having 'too much power' (Sky News)
- Allowing asylum seekers to work could raise £100m in tax revenues, report finds (The Independent)
- UK car production slumps to lowest level since 1954 (BBC News)
- Lloyds swings to loss as it sets aside extra £2.4bn for bad loans (City AM)
- Iran struggles to buy food in a world wary of touching its money (Reuters)
- HMRC wins IR35 appeal at Upper Tribunal (Accountancy Daily)
That's all for today. Check back tomorrow for your Friday briefing.