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Sport

World Cup 2018: Modric and Mbappe on target for Golden Ball and Ballon d’Or double

The two greatest individual prizes in football, the World Cup Golden Ball and the Ballon d’Or could both be scooped by Croatian star Luka Modric or France’s teenage star Kylian Mbappe following Sunday’s World Cup final in Russia – the first time the prizes would be held by the same person since 1982.

Business

UK gaming firm eyes European expansion despite Brexit fears

A West Midlands gaming firm says it will create up to 150 jobs over the next 12 months to support plans for European expansion, despite concerns about the effect of Brexit on the UK’s profitable online gaming industry.

Business

Brexit: UK property market to decline in real terms for at least two years, poll suggests

Property prices in the UK are expected to lag behind inflation for at least two years, with price growth in London turning negative, according to a new industry figures.

Tech

LinkedIn looks to kill off the business card with new mobile app QR codes

LinkedIn has introduced a new feature to replace paper business cards and bring real world networking into the digital age.

Politics

The ongoing failure of privatisation

The recent controversy over train timetabling and the returning of East Coast to public ownership has thrown the entire concept of privatisation into doubt, with the majority of Britons now in favour of the renationalisation of a variety of industries from rail to water companies.

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