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Virgin Media’s super-fast broadband now available to millions across the UK

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Virgin Media has rolled out its gigabit service to more areas across the UK today, including London and Northern Ireland. The hyper-fast broadband switch-on will serve nearly three million extra households, with speeds 17 times faster than the national average of 1,104Mbps. This means households will now be able to download 4K films near instantaneously … Read more

Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson’s childhood home goes up for sale for £4million

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The childhood home of Sir Richard Branson, where he first dreamed of becoming a billionaire, is now for sale and could be yours for £4 million. The red-brick property in the village of Shamley Green, Surrey, was home to the founder of Virgin Group, 70, during his time at boarding school in Buckinghamshire as a teenager.   Tanyards … Read more

Under-fire Virgin Holidays promises to refund £203m to customers

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Under-fire Virgin Holidays promises to refund £203m to customers whose trips were cancelled due to Covid By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 23 October 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 23 October 2020 Virgin Holidays has promised to refund all customers whose packages were cancelled due to coronavirus – after hundreds of … Read more

Virgin Money: End of free banking if rates go negative

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Stark warning from boss of Virgin Money: End of free banking if rates go negative By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 17 October 2020 The boss of Virgin Money has warned that banks could start charging for basic services if interest rates turn negative.  … Read more

Fix testing fiasco to put us back in air, says Virgin Atlantic boss 

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The boss of Virgin Atlantic is ramping up calls for mass Covid testing to be introduced to help revive the aviation industry and the economy. Describing the past six months as ‘devastating and humbling’, Shai Weiss warned of an extended recession and soaring unemployment without a fully functioning test regime. Aviation has pinned its hopes … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Virgin Money soars 7% as 400 staff face the axe

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Shares in Virgin Money rose by nearly 7 per cent yesterday as the High Street lender pressed ahead with ruthless cost savings, including a reduction of hundreds of jobs. Following its merger with Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank in 2018, Virgin had said that it planned to get rid of 16 per cent of full-time roles. That … Read more

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson is savagely rejected by a ‘fat’ virgin for ‘sleeping around’

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Is this the most savage rejection EVER? Jackie ‘O’ Henderson is left mortified as a ‘fat’ virgin turns her down for ‘sleeping around’ in a VERY toe-curling exchange By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:23 BST, 28 September 2020 | Updated: 01:36 BST, 28 September 2020 She has remained single since splitting from … Read more

ASK TONY: Virgin failed to get me my £621 theatre tickets refund

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I was refunded £621 by LW Theatres for cancelled tickets. But the money never reached my Virgin Mastercard account. LW Theatres has sent screen grabs to prove the refund was made. I opened a dispute with Virgin which then promised to send a form, saying it would take three weeks. Four weeks later, it hadn’t … Read more