Virgin Money losing raft of senior bankers on its top executive team

Virgin Money losing raft of senior bankers on its top executive team amid a restructuring By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 Virgin Money is losing a raft of senior bankers on its top executive team amid a restructuring.  Gavin Opperman, director … Read more

Richard Branson dismisses woke backlash against ‘extraordinary’ Virgin Galactic spaceflight

Shoeless Richard Branson dismisses woke backlash against ‘extraordinary’ Virgin Galactic spaceflight after left-wing pundits questioned if his billionaire space race with Jeff Bezos was ‘appropriate’ By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 07:34 BST, 14 July 2021 | Updated: 08:20 BST, 14 July 2021 A shoeless Richard Branson hit back at the woke backlash to his Virgin Galactic spaceflight … Read more

Virgin Galactic slumps 15% on plan to sell shares and build spaceships

Virgin Galactic slumps 15% on plan to sell shares and build more spaceships following Branson’s successful test flight By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 12 July 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 July 2021 Virgin Galactic said it is raising up to £360million of cash through a share sale just a … Read more

Virgin Galactic reveals plans to launch a scientist into space

Virgin Galactic has revealed plans to send a scientist to the edge of space on a mission that will see them study spacesuit underwear in flight and make water ‘jiggle’ in low gravity.  Kellie Gerardi, a bioastronautics expert for the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences (IIAS), will travel on VSS Unity when commercial flights begin. … Read more

Virgin Media O2’s £31bn merger launches today with firm promising to invest at least £10bn in UK

‘We’re ready to shake up the market’: Virgin Media O2 brand launches today after multi-billion pound merger Virgin Media and O2’s £31bn merger has launched in the UK today   The business is now one of the UK’s largest with 47m connections  It has committed to investing at least £10bn in the UK economy in 5 … Read more

Virgin Galactic shares jump after announcing it will test the SpaceShipTwo Unity on Saturday

Unlike other commercial spaceflight companies, such as Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic initiates its flights without using a traditional rocket launch. Instead, the firm launches its passenger-laden SpaceShipTwo and other craft from a carrier plane, dubbed WhiteKnightTwo. WhiteKnightTwo is a custom-built, four-engine, dual-fuselage jet aircraft, designed to carry SpaceShipTwo up to an altitude of around 50,000 … Read more

Virgin Media and O2’s £31BILLION merger gets green light by UK’s competition watchdog after probe

Virgin Media and O2’s £31BILLION merger is given green light by UK’s competition watchdog after investigation CMA previously cleared it, saying it was ‘unlikely’ to lead to lower competition The Competition and Markets Authority provisionally cleared the merger in April It began its probe after firms asked to fast-track the process to phase two probe … Read more

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic faces delays over ‘wear and tear’ issues on mothership

Unlike other commercial spaceflight companies, such as Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic initiates its flights without using a traditional rocket launch. Instead, the firm launches its passenger-laden SpaceShipTwo and other craft from a carrier plane, dubbed WhiteKnightTwo. WhiteKnightTwo is a custom-built, four-engine, dual-fuselage jet aircraft, designed to carry SpaceShipTwo up to an altitude of around 50,000 … Read more

Perilous state of Virgin Atlantic’s finances laid bare

Perilous state of Virgin Atlantic’s finances laid bare as it battles to open its key US routes this summer By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 8 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 8 May 2021 The perilous state of Virgin Atlantic’s finances have been laid bare in new documents as it … Read more

Virgin Media customer claims to have received broken kitchen TILE instead of new £1,200 iPhone 12

Customer who claims she received a cracked kitchen TILE instead of her new £1,200 iPhone 12 ProMax slams Virgin after they tried to make her pay for it Olivia Parkinson was left enraged after she opened the iPhone box on April 14 Artist contacted Virgin and Yodel but claims she was told to pay for … Read more