After a weekend in Bahrain watching our Virgin Racing team make its debut in Grand Prix racing; I'm heading to South Africa for the launch of V Australia's latest route from Johannesburg to Melbourne. But it's one of our other airlines, Virgin Atlantic making the news today with the announcement that it will be flying the England football team to South Africa for this summer's World Cup.It is a great honour for Atlantic and we promise the team will be looked after in style by our world-cla…

I believe there is a huge amount we can do to unlock entrepreneurial potential in the UK and beyond. I am pleased that Virgin Media has launched its Virgin Media Pioneers to help young entrepreneurs to fulfil their dreams of owning and managing successful businesses. Starting up your own business is a big challenge and many of the obstacles are daunting and, at times, can seem impossibly tough. One needs to put in a great amount of hard work, but with the right support and expert advice young …

Virgin Group has entered the healthcare sector with majority shareholding in Assura Medical. Healthcare is a sector that the Virgin Group has been extremely interested in entering for some time but we have always said that the partner and the timing had to be right – with Assura we believe we have found the perfect partner. The Assura Medical business is underpinned by a passion for patients, a strong focus for delivering quality and safe health outcomes and a commitment to work in partn…

Just finished a whirlwind visit to Montreal and Vancouver. I tend to pack a lot into my days, and this trip was no exception. Entrepreneurs, MBA students, environmentally-minded mayors, Olympic skating, Olympic gold medalists ice carving, epic parties, free coffee to commuters: last week had a bit of everything. The week kicked off with two speaking engagements, first to meet Montreal’s business leaders at Power Within and then 1,300 of Canada’s future business leaders and their teac…

The recent earthquake in Haiti somberly reminds us how fragile our hold on the planet is. The short tremor caused untold damage, killing hundreds of thousands of people and wrecking the lives of many others.The world has taken notice and is sending food, clean water and medicine. Governments, former US presidents, firms, everyday individuals and even children are helping Haiti, whether through donations, services or events.In the midst of this tremendous reaction, one of the biggest tasks has be…

Today I was joined by the lovely TV presenter Jenni Falconer and fabulous singer Michelle Heaton to kick off 'Team 2010' - we'll be running the Virgin London Marathon on the 25th of April along with a few other familiar faces and 100 brave Virgin runners!The team is really excited about the 26.2 mile adventure ahead, hoping to raise lots of money for vulnerable young people in the UK through Virgin Unite, while having as much fun as possible.  It’s a lot of hard work a…

What a car! Nick (Wirth) and his design team have done an incredible job and so today they deserve all of the spotlight. It’s been fantastic to be part of this journey almost from the very beginning and to see a great engineering mind at work. I’m sure we will be measured by how fast the car is on the track in Jerez next week, but I hope that doesn’t overshadow the far bigger achievement of pulling an entire racing team together and taking a brave step that defies convention. …

Hi,This year I will writing a personal weekly column for the New York Times Syndicate team. These articles are being distributed around the world by the Syndicate team and hopefully will pop up as far afield as Asia, Africa and South America. The plan is for these to be a mix of business advice, some topical opinion pieces and also answers to the questions many of you post every week. I hope you find it interesting, challenging and even entertaining!Read the first article on why bad times are th…

Everyone who has seen the sheer destruction in Haiti over the last few days will have been moved to help in any way they can.  Virgin Atlantic and our foundation Virgin Unite, have been liaising with organisations working on the relief effort with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help deliver much-needed aid to the region. We will fly in as much aid as possible so that the agencies on the ground can respond to the needs of everyone in Haiti whose lives have been devastated by this…

I'll be on CNN International’s interactive programme, ‘Connect The World’ on Wednesday 13th January from 2100 GMT. So is there anything you'd like to ask me?  Submit your questions by clicking this link.