Sir Richard Branson news

The current trend of incorporating wellness into design shows no signs of stopping as renderings and animations from the latest Sir Richard Branson project, Virgin ... More

Sir Richard Branson and his aerospace company, Virgin Galactic, have conducted a second successful test flight of the company's commercial spaceship. Called the VSS Unity, ... More

Virgin Group has confirmed plans to open a hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland – the group’s first in Europe. The 225-bedroom Virgin Hotel Edinburgh will be ... More

Those eagerly anticipating the colonisation of the Moon will be delighted to know they’ll be able to get a dose of culture 384,400km away from ... More

The Virgin Group has increased its involvement in the fitness and exercise sector with the launch of Virgin Sport, which aims to get more people ... More

It’s one small step for Sir Richard Branson’s intergalactic ambitions and what could prove to be a giant leap for his space programme, after Virgin ... More

Sir Richard Branson’s intergalactic ambitions have taken flight once more, after Virgin Galactic unveiled an updated version of its commercial spacecraft, which will begin a ... More

Any suspicions that the boutique studio boom is stealing the thunder of fast-growing budget gyms has been dispelled by the latest Sunday Times Virgin Fast ... More

Virgin Active has continued its three-year, £100m investment in its UK portfolio with the unveiling of the refurbished Salford Quays site in Manchester. Despite having ... More

Virgin Active founder Sir Richard Branson has announced the gym chain is gearing up for a significant international expansion over the next three years. Buoyed ... More

Virgin Hotels has announced plans to open a new 200-bedroom hotel in the Design District of Dallas, Texas, in 2018. The development will be a ... More

Global fitness chain Virgin Active has been sold to South African investment firm Brait. Virgin Active has perennially been linked to potential IPOs – both ... More

Pure Gym, Xercise4Less and The Gym Group have all been named on the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100, as low cost operators put in ... More

Speculation is once again rife of a high-profile IPO for Virgin Active, although this time the business is said to be preparing to float in ... More

International singing star Katherine Jenkins will lead a renewed drive to attract overseas visitors to Britain, serving as the figurehead for VisitBritain’s (VB) upcoming Countryside ... More

Quoted exclusively in the latest edition of Spa Business magazine, Michael Tompkins, CEO of Miraval and newly appointed chair of ISPA, says the company will ... More

Virgin Active is investing £100m in its UK sites over the next three years as part of a campaign to lure post-Christmas gym users to ... More

Image: SpaceShipTwo on its first 'feathered' flight Virgin Galactic has moved a step closer to operating commercial space travel services after it secured an experimental ... More

Life Online, a new permanent gallery dedicated to the social, technological and cultural impact of the internet, has been unveiled at the National Media Museum ... More

Virgin Hotels is expected to open its first property by the end of 2013 in Chicago, US, after it completed the acquisition of the downtown ... More

Sir Richard Branson has dedicated the new 'Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space', which is set to become the home of the world's first commercial space ... More

Sir Richard Branson and actor Edward Norton have been revealed as speakers at the annual Six Senses Symposium, which is due to take place at ... More

A record 275 delegates from 35-plus countries gathered for the fifth annual Global Spa Summit (GSS), held in Bali, Indonesia on 15-18 May, making the ... More