Richard Branson

News and interviews on Richard Branson including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Tech-tonic shifts in digital marketing

Brands like The Iconic are pointing the way forward with their clever use of digital marketing and advertising. The big retailers might want to take note.
 

Wednesday, 09 November 2011

Richard Branson buys stake in tech payments firm Square

Billionaire Richard Branson has stepped outside the realms of his Virgin Group to invest in Square, the mobile payments start-up run by Twitter co-founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey.
 

Monday, 18 July 2011

Richard Branson’s Virgin Active plans Australian expansion, confirms talks with venture capital firms

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson is looking to rapidly expand the Virgin Active health clubs across Australia over the next four years.
 

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Branson’s losing altitude

The value of Richard Branson’s investment in Virgin Blue continues to plummet as the airline battles sinking consumer confidence.
 

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Richard Branson loses $17 million as Virgin Blue takes $40 million sales hit

Virgin Blue’s shock announcement that it would take a $40 million hit due to floods and fragile consumer sentiment has sent the value of its shares down sharply in early trade.
 

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

10 must-haves for your marketing plan

It's vital SMEs put a solid marketing strategy in place and make sure they don't deviate from the plan.
 

Monday, 06 December 2010

10 key investment themes of the wealthy

For many of the world's billionaires, 2010 has been another difficult year. But 2011 should bring fresh hope and new ways to make money.
 

Wednesday, 01 December 2010

Richard Branson beats Rupert Murdoch to the punch with launch of iPad only magazine

Branson launches the first edition of Virgin Group’s new iPad-only magazine, just weeks before Rupert Murdoch is expected to launch an iPad-only daily newspaper.
 

Friday, 26 November 2010

Richard Branson to reveal iPad-only magazine

With all this talk of News Corp and Richard Branson creating iPad-only magazines, it’s no wonder more and more publications are moving into the tablet space. And this time, it’s The Economist’s turn.
 

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Richard Branson beefs up Virgin Group with heavy-hitting advisory board

The British upstart adds advisors with more traditional corporate backgrounds even as he opens Virgin’s first commercial spaceport.
 

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Dorry Kordahi

Founder of merchandising and marketing company DKM, Dorry Kordahi talks about starting from your backyard and why he once sacked his little brother.
 

Virgin Galactic embarks on first test flight

Virgin Galactic has tested its first spacecraft, the company announced recently, with the VSS Enterprise reaching an altitude of 13,700 metres.
 

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Virgin Blue flights back to normal, but fallout continues

Virgin Blue says airport check-in and boarding systems are back on line, and the process of rebooking stranded passengers is underway.
 

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Generation Y keen to start new businesses: Survey

New research shows Gen Y will be more entrepreneurial than the previous generation, with nearly a third expecting to start up their own business.
 

Friday, 17 September 2010

Words of wisdom from Sir Richard

Richard Branson has the vision - his staff do the execution.
 

Friday, 10 September 2010

I'm working for a client when I should be working for me!

Both of you need a good kick up the bum.
 

IF Telecom Pty Ltd

There are plenty of telecommunications companies operating in Australia, but entrepreneur brothers Andrew and Richard Branson founded IF Telecom to cater for what they believed was a distinct lack of services for SMEs.
 

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

How to spread a viral marketing campaign

It is impossible to create a viral campaign, but it is possible to create a campaign that turns viral. Here's how.
 

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Richard Branson's Virgin Money picks Sydney for HQ, but is the Virgin Active gyms chain up for sale?

While Richard Branson is all set to launch a big push into Australia's banking sector, a $2 billion sale of float of his gyms business is also on the cards.
 

Wednesday, 07 July 2010

Richard Branson’s Virgin Group wins trademark case against fledgling condom maker

Virgin Enterprises launched legal action after a small NSW company called Virgin International Pty Ltd registered a stylised “V” trademark which it intended to use on its condoms.
 
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