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Branson's island is Virgin territory
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AS EXTRAVAGANT purchases go, nothing sounds as flamboyant as
buying your own holiday island.
But tycoon Sir Richard Branson's latest acquisition - a tropical
island in Australia - is not for his own pleasure, but for staff at
his Virgin Group to use as a holiday retreat.
The entrepreneur, who expressed an interest last week in taking
over Concorde, revealed yesterday that he had bought Makepeace Island
near the resort of Noosa on Queensland's Sunshine Coast as a thank-
you for ...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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TRAVEL: Virgin territory; AN EXCLUSIVE GLIMPSE INTO SIR RICHARD BRANSON'S SUPERSTAR PARADISE RETREAT.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England)
; ... pleasure of being introduced to Richard Branson's bare bottom. Sadly, it was all over ... regularly fetch up on Necker, the Virgin boss's private island in the Caribbean. VIP couples pay ... 74-acre hideaway tucked into the British Virgin Islands chain, north of Antigua and a ...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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The firm; Just the Job: Richard Branson's V2 label has the Stereophonics and Mercury Rev among its signings, and was quick to pounce on the Popstars rejects who formed Liberty X and have outlived the TV-show winners Hear'say. But who are the faces behind the scenes? Paul Clark finds out.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ... Sex Fiend T-shirt with Robert Smith hair . He joined Virgin two years later and, in 1998, V2 created the post of ... department. Job: Looking after bands outside their home territory, securing as many releases and tours as I can and co-ordinati ... shop in Reading in the mid-Seventies, Steele joined Virgin ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Virgin territory. (Virgin Records)
The Economist (US)
; Virgin territory RICHARD BRANSON, the owner of Virgin, a British records-to-airlines group, is ... to lend stock. In 1986 he floated 37% of Virgin (minus the airline) for 90m [pounds] ($130m ... share price. But it now looks as if he bought Virgin back on the cheap. Following Polygram's recent ...
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Virgin territory
The Sunday Telegraph London
; PRINCESS BEATRICE'S romance with one of Sir Richard Branson's employees appears to be having unexpected benefits for all her family. Mandrake hears that Beatrice, her sister, Princess Eugenie, and their mother, Sarah, Duchess of York, are enjoying a holiday at Sir Richard's Caribbean island, Necker ... .
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Tax haven companies cost us a small fortune.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ... else, it is claimed today. The likes of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin and Bill Gates's Microsoft, along with Elan, Enron, Exxon, General Motors, News Corporation, Northern & Shell and Portland Investment ... George Soros and which is registered in the British Virgin Islands tax ...
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