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Richard Branson Virgin Galactic

The next generation of women in space

We’re delighted to welcome Virgin Galactic’s 600th future astronaut, Marsha Waters...

  • Jun 17, 2013
Queen’s Club

Rally Against Cancer

Enjoyed a great day with the family at Queen’s Club...

  • Jun 17, 2013
Richard Branson Laura Robson

The London Eye

It seems the London Eye and I will never see eye to eye!

  • Jun 16, 2013

Never Mind The Pollocks

One of the first sustainable fish and chip shops has been opened by a friend of mine, Andy Moore. The Fish & Chip Shop in London source from Marine Stewardship Council-approved fisheries and other fisheries that are best practice and the most sustainable. Do people know of any other great sustainable fish restaurants? Would you be more likely to eat at a restaurant if you knew the produce was sustainable? Of course, if Virgin ever opened a sustainable fish and chips shop, it would have to b…

Time to Try Tennis

We love tennis, so I was amazed to learn only eight per cent of Brits can play the game. We're on a mission to change that with Try Tennis, as Virgin Active become the first Health and Racquets Club in the UK to open its tennis clubs for free.Today I joined British number one Laura Robson in London to announce free tennis at 20 Virgin Active clubs, for 21 days. We will run three classes per club each day, starting on the first day of Wimbledon. Hopefully we will introduce people to tennis…

If you aren't innovating, you are going backwards

Spent the past few days in London thinking about business and innovation. The two words are not used in the same sentence enough - unless the words "needs more" are put between them.  Innovation is the lifeblood of successful businesses. If you aren't innovating, you are going backwards. We launched The B Team yesterday, a global non-profit incubated by Virgin Unite that wants to deliver a new way of doing business that prioritises people and the planet alongside profit. The B Team l…

The future of airline technology

Occasionally our clean energy team at Virgin Group deserve a massive pat on the back. For years we've been trying to persuade Boeing and Airbus that they could build their main planes out of carbon fibre, saving enormous amounts of money in fuel and therefore carbon output.  In the end we just decided to show them that it could be done and we built the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, a magnificent looking plane that Steve Fossett flew for us non-stop around the world. I was reserve pil…

The B Team declaration

Today we launched The B Team, a global non-profit incubated by Virgin Unite and founded by Jochen Zeitz, me and a group of wonderful partners and leaders. We want to create a future where the purpose of business is to be a driving force for social, environmental and economic benefit. We all need to work together more. Businesses compete by their very nature, but they also need to collaborate and cooperate. As Mo Ibrahim said while talking about the need for transparency in business…

Welcome to the club!

Learn from failure. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn't a success, welcome to the club!

Mount Kilimanjaro

This beautiful photo was taken at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro by the brilliant Thabang Skwambane at the end of a tremendous adventure.Thabang left a successful career in banking to start a company to combat HIV/AIDS called Kaelo, then set up The Lonely Road Challenge. He cycled 5,500 kilometres alone across six countries, surviving muggings and even being hit by a truck before making it to the summit of Africa’s highest peak. His efforts have helped save thousands of lives in Africa, rall…

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