CA daily briefing: Tuesday 3 March 2020
Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Andrew Harbison here with your Tuesday briefing.
The latest from ICAS
Accounting for International Development (AfID) relies on finance professionals to help make a difference. Volunteers Agnes Kidd CA and Charlotte Thornton CA tell Claire Bloomfield about undertaking life-changing pro bono assignments around the world…
Today's top stories from around the web
- Boris Johnson to outline UK 'battle plan' to combat Covid-19 outbreak (City AM)
- Germany moves into hydrogen with lessons from OPEC and Russia (Bloomberg)
- Barclays under investor pressure over fossil fuel stance (The Guardian)
- Concerns over £155bn non-structural tax relief assessment raised (Accountancy Age)
- Japanese shares fall as coronavirus fears persist (BBC News)
- Goldman Sachs builds up 8.5% voting rights in Metro Bank (City AM)
- Xerox, HP blame each other as takeover battle heats up (Reuters)
- Sale of British Steel to Chinese firm to be finalised next week (The Guardian)
- Greggs would pay staff who need to self-isolate (BBC News)
- UK-US trade deal set to devalue UK's financial services sector (City AM)
That's all for today, check back tomorrow for your Wednesday briefing.
