CA daily briefing: Wednesday 29 July

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Hilde Oesterkloeft here to give you your mid-week news and updates from ICAS and around the world.
The latest from ICAS
In the following extract from the ICAS research publication Speak up? Listen up? Whistleblow? In their own words – Insights into the ethical dilemmas of ICAS members we hear from ICAS members about their real-life experiences of ethical challenges.
ICAS has completed its annual gender pay gap analysis and published a new report setting out the findings.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Fraud: Banks reveal the 10 coronavirus scams to be wary of (BBC News)
- Next shows signs of recovery after sales plunge during pandemic (City AM)
- Bad debt charge overshadows trading surge at Barclays (Reuters)
- UK's biggest pension fund begins fossil fuels divestment (The Guardian)
- British Airways faces strike threat as 'fire and re-hire' deadline looms (Sky News)
- Selfridges to cut 450 jobs as sales tumble due to pandemic (The Independent)
- Coronavirus vaccine: UK signs deal with GSK and Sanofi (BBC News)
- Aston Martin revenue plummets amid ‘challenging period’ for luxury car firm (City AM)
- Deutsche Bank posts second-quarter loss amid restructuring and coronavirus crisis (Reuters)
- FCA bans discretionary commission in car finance (Accountancy Daily)
That's all for today. Check back tomorrow for your Thursday briefing.