1. Virgin America - Well if your English you might not have hear of this one but if you're American you probably have. Ultra cool and modern US domestic Airline based in San Francisco. A bit like Easyjet but less Orange! Virgin America
2. Virgin Charter - No you can't hire a girl for an hour but you can book a jet to get you from New York to Memphis, have a Martini and get an inflight Massage without some kid screaming two seats away. Unless you have your own that is. Virgin Charter
3. Virgin Health Bank - Store your babies Stem Cell's, not sure on this ones a bit weird and feels slightly wrong! Virgin Health Bank
4. Virgin Balloon Flights - Dont run out of puff or are you fed up of all my hot air? Virgin Balloons
5. Virgin Games - Yes that right play with yourself and stay a Virgin! You might also loose a lot of money as it involves a gamble or two. Virgin Games
6. Virgin Drinks - Yes thats right pure, unadolterated, Virgin Vodka! It's so pure they called it Virgin! Virgin Drinks
7. Vfestival - Probably a good place to lose your Virginity, hence the only Virgin branded company without Virgin in the title. The Vfestival
8. Virgin Megastore - Yep it still exists… if you are one of our friends over the pond American, it's Zavvi for us Brits! Virgin Megastore and Zavvi in the UK
9. Virgin Earth - Thats right the Bearded Wonder has built a new planet for us all to live on. Sorry, thats a lie, but he is offering a good wedge of cash if you can help stop global warming. Virgin Earth
10. Virgin Nigeria - Just in case the guy that wins Virgin Earth suggests stopping flying to save on CO2 emmission, the Bearded Wonder setup another Airline of course, this time in Nigeria. Virgin Nigeria

 Does anybody else have any interesting snippets they want to tell us about Virgin? Please the company only!

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The brief advert didn't say when the series is being shown….

The new series premiered in the US on Sunday, and is titled "The Sarah Connor Chronicles".

Is this a big scoop for Virgin? 

Or have the rivals (Sky One, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc) just not bidded for it on purpose?

If you've seen the first episode in the US, what's your verdict?  Has Virgin 1 bought a lead balloon?  Or is it a stroke of genius?

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Virgin Flight Crew might not be the best paid in the world but they certainly get the perks. Trust me having seen those Air Hostesses party on down in Miami, they sure know how to have fun and let there hair down. Coupled with a nice overnight allowance, multiple free or reduced flights for friends and family and no doubt plenty of other free or discounted Virgin goodies.

But then again they did used to get paid less than a flight attendant on Easyjet, so well done to them and congratulations to Sir Richard, on keeping Virgin flying.

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The planned strike (the first industial action in the airline's history) is due to start next Wednesday (09/01/2008 at 6am) for 48 hours each, and on Wednesday 16th January 2008, also from 6am for 48 hours.

"Unite union members say Virgin crews are underpaid compared with their counterparts at other airlines."(BBC News)

Sir Richard has condemned the strikers in a letter that was sent to the 4,800 cabin crew.

"For some of you, more pay than Virgin Atlantic can afford may be critical to your lifestyle and if that is the case you should consider working elsewhere."

Tough talk methinks!

Read the BBC article by clicking here.

Do you agree with this hard-line attitude?

Are you a worker at Virgin Atlantic?  Does this affect you?

Are you a constomer of Virgin Atlantic?  Is your planned flight on these dates?

Leave your comments/complaints below!

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I received a letter recently, offering me a new card, or an upgrade to my current card (which I've not used, since the 0% interest free period ran out!! ). 

And in an ever increasingly competitive market the card is now way improved!!!

The "Bank Transfer Card" is now offering 0% p.a. for 15 months!!!  You also get 0% p.a. on all purchases for the first 3 months.  After that the typical rate is 15.9% APR (variable).

The "Smart Shopper Card" is offering 0% p.a. for 9 months (same as I got 3 years ago).  Although you also get 0% on all purchases for the first 9 months!!!  Fantastic!  The typical rate is the same @ 15.9% APR (variable).

With the card you also get some discount offers from the Virgin family:

1. First Month Free with Virgin Media (If you are in a cable area)
2. 10% off Virgin Wines
3. 10% off Zavvi (The new name for Virgin Megastores)
4. A month off at Virgin Active
5. 10% off at Virgin Holidays
6. 10% off at Virgin Trains
7. 20% off at Virgin Experiences
8. 10% off car, home, pet and annual travel insurances!

So, is this the best deal for a credit card out there?

What do you think?

To read more about it go to Virgin Money.

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I would love to say that everything is rosy now and it is as far as my Internet and Phone goes but the TV is rubbish! You would think that they would get the TV part pretty well sorted but this seems to be the one area which really lets Virgin Media down. No Sky One is something I can just about live with but the new Virgin One channel is nowhere near a decent replacement for the channel. Never endless repeats of Star Trek Deep Space Nine are not exactly my choice but I guess you have to start somewhere.

I digress; my real problem is with the way the digital channels are shown on your TV and the Software and Hardware that you are given. The box is unattractive and the remote is terrible. The software you use to navigate between channels is appalling. For instance one of the features I love about Sky is that you can flick between channels easily skipping what seems like instantly from one channel to the next. With Virgin you end up pressing next waiting a few seconds and if you’re lucky the next channel will appear. More than likely though you will probably become so frustrated with waiting that you will have clicked again it then skips more than one channel aarrrggghhh!

It drives me bananas!

So what do you love or hate about Virgin Media? 

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The Spice Girls, who are currently on their comeback world tour, we're photographed yesterday on their personal plane,

The Virgin Atlantic flight, christened "Spice One", was leaving Los Angeles, with Baby Spice hobbling on crutches.

The jumbo was named by fans who had to vote for the name on the Spice Girls official website.

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I think you would be hard-pressed to find anyone in the world who hasn't once dreamed of going into space!!!

My question is - How much would you pay to go into space?

The answer from Virgin is $200,000 with a $20,000 deposit!!!!!

So is this just for the super-rich?  Or is there scope in the future to cater for the masses, or for people who don't have a spare $200,000 in their pockets!!!

The Virgin project is based on the Ansari X-Prize winning spaceship called SpaceShipOne.  The prize was awarded to Burt Rutan and Paul Allen who funded the original development.

The Virgin fleet will be using the SpaceShipOne design.  In what has been described as a shuttlecock descent, it looks amazing!

This project is all under the brand Virgin Galactic.  Go there to read all about it, or even to book it, if your bank balance can take it!!!

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If successful they would incorporate the Newcastle-based building society/bank in their own existing Virgin Money brand.

The Virgin-led consortium "bid includes an immediate repayment of £11bn of the £25bn the bank owes the Bank of England, with the rest to be repaid within three years. (BBC NEWS)"

Monster money!!!  It looks like that the expanding Virgin brand is getting bigger.

If it's successful that is, it seems that a major shareholder of Northern Rock is opposing the Virgin Bid

Read the full articles on the BBC's website for the full story

BBC News - Article 1 - 25/11/2007

BBC News - Article 2 - 26/11/2007

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The question I pose, "Is it any good?"

Compared to the rivals at Sky, what are the pros and cons?

Having a read of the Virgin Media website it seems that under the same umbrella are the groups:

• Virgin Broadband
• Virgin TV
• Virgin Phone
• Virgin Mobile

The slogan says "watch it, surf it, talk it, walk it".  But is this really true, does this package represent a significant saving to you as a consumer?

Would you be better off getting a separate package from, lets says for arguments sake:

• Pipex Broadband
• Sky TV
• BT
• and then Orange Mobile?

Is may be cheaper to get the entire Virgin package, it may not….

But is it right for you?  I like choice, so is it better to have variety?  After all isn't that the spice of life?

So many questions, but what are the right answers?  I await your comments, and hopefully discussions on the forums once we've sorted out a few teething issues!!

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