Bitterwallet (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Hello to you and you and you and you! On the back of the bank charges farce (and let’s face it, it IS a farce) we’re pitting two financial institutions against each other in today’s brow-to-brow face-off in our Worst Company In Britain 2009 marathon. In the git corner is Virgin Money – providers of mortgages, [...]
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
RICHARD Branson's Virgin Money operation in Australia continues to struggle even though its bottom line performance improved last year.
DeadDog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Virgin Airlines is opening a bank called Virgin Money. It’s for people who’ve never been screwed by a bank before. - Jay Leno
News-Insurances (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
From today moneysupermarket.com users will be able to exclusively view travel insurance quotes for Virgin Money ‘Essentials’ Travel Insurance products – giving consumers the greater choice of comparing premiums from a total of 80 travel insurance providers*. Virgin Money ‘Essentials’ Travel Insurance products not featured on any other comparison...
Sky News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Virgin Money, Sir Richard Branson's financial services arm, is in talks with Bank of America to fund a move into UK high street banking, Sky sources say.
Prague City (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
NORWICH, ENGLAND, October 29, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Shoppers looking for festive bargains in continental Christmas markets should check the costs before heading for Prague, according to analysis by Virgin Money Travel Insurance . The Czech ...
Insurance Daily (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The 19th December will be a good day to leave the car behind and take the bus, Virgin Money Car Insurance is predicting. As the pressures of the festive season mount, the last Saturday before Christmas becomes the most dangerous day of the month for drivers, with claims up around 40% on the average. The risk of [...]
West Ham Till I Die (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
It has been reported by the Daily Star that Virgin Money have completed a survey of PL fans on their degree of concern about the finances of their respective clubs. It is Hardly surprising that West Ham top the survey poll with 96% of Hammers fans surveyed concerned about the club’s finances. We are followed [...]
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
As many as two out of five of them won't go to the FA Cup, Carling Cup and the Europa Cup this season. Costs have risen by over 7% since the start of the year, according to Virgin Money's Football Fans Inflation Index, and by 31.5% since the index was launched three years ago. In 2006 a match day basket of goods cost £77.95, while now you'd pay £102.53. The basket includes a gallon of...
Banking Times: Daily Banking News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... Bids will be encouraged from relatively new entrants to the UK banking sector, such as Tesco and Virgin Money. Plans for the break up of Northern Rock have already received EU approval; the lender is being split into one “good” and one “bad” bank with the taxpayer retaining ownership of its bad loans and the group’s securitisation vehicle, Granite.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... two biggest banks have suffered badly in the financial crisis, needing £62 billion of taxpayers' money between them to stay afloat, there have been many successes. He will cite plans recently announced by Tesco Bank, Esure, Virgin Money, Capita and BNP Paribas to invest in Scotland this year.The speech will come as the UK government prepares to outline plans in the Queen's...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... two biggest banks have suffered badly in the financial crisis, needing £62 billion of taxpayers' money between them to stay afloat, there have been many successes. He will cite plans recently announced by Tesco Bank, Esure, Virgin Money, Capita and BNP Paribas to invest in Scotland this year.The speech will come as the UK government prepares to outline plans in the Queen's...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... extent of that sector. "There are investment houses and the likes of Tesco Personal Finance and Virgin Money.""Lloyd's have been very good at giving us an overall picture about where they want to get to. We will continue discussions with them about where the numbers are going to bottom out."While Lloyds claimed the cuts would be "significantly mitigated" by redeployment and the release...
SNP Tactical Voting (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... of banks in, one can't help but wonder if one should move elsewhere. We may have Tesco Bank, Virgin Money, a foreign big name or a brand new start up bank run by a consortium of Scottish businessmen on our High Street before too long. The question is, would any of the above move you to move bank and do business with them? If there's a new Scottish bank I reckon I would feel a duty...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The EU has already approved the break up of Northern Rock into a 'good bank', which will be sold and continue to loan money, and a 'bad bank', which will hold bad mortgages, pay off outstanding government loans and eventually be liquidated. Possible bidders for the new banks include Virgin Money, Tesco and National Australia Bank.
