CA daily briefing: Tuesday 5 May

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Andrew Harbison here with your Tuesday briefing.
The latest from ICAS
Louise Kjellerup Roper, CEO of Volans, tells CA Magazine that business leaders should look to regenerative capitalism to build a resilient and responsible company.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Government pays nearly quarter of worker wages (BBC News)
- Business groups welcome start of UK-US trade talks (City AM)
- London stocks gain as economies reopen from lockdown (Reuters)
- Lockdown sees new car sales drop by 97% in April (Sky News)
- Universal credit claims hit 1.8m during coronavirus crisis (City AM)
- Small UK manufacturers gloomiest in over 30 years (Reuters)
- BNP Paribas warns on profit after $1.2bn virus hit (Bloomberg)
- Accountants take on R&D advisors (Accountancy Age)
- Small firms inundate UK banks with coronavirus loan requests (The Guardian)
That's all for today. Check back tomorrow for your Wednesday briefing.