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When I was little, I used to love the Virgin brand, with black and red HST's, it looked so modern and sleek, especially when the voyagers where first introduced. However, following on from Virgin's failed bid for the West Coast mainline, all my respect for Richard Branson went, He literally became a child throwing his toys out of the pram! Since then Virgin got a short term extension but lost the franchise again a few years later, meanwhile on the ECML, Richard Branson got angry about GNER & NXEC both failing on the East Coast franchise, Virgin then won the bid in 2015, and after a few years was forced to hand back to the government after making heavy losses. More recently there have been reports of contract issues between Virgin & the NHS, and recent reports of a government bailout for Virgin Australia & government loan request Virgin Atlantic have proven to have really hit the Virgin brand.
Given all these events over the last few years, Does anyone else think hat the Virgin brand has become toxic? Or do you think that i maybe a certain political bias have an agenda against Richard Branson?
I certainly look forward to hearing people responses. *FYi, Can we please keep this about the Virgin group, and not about the owner.
Given all these events over the last few years, Does anyone else think hat the Virgin brand has become toxic? Or do you think that i maybe a certain political bias have an agenda against Richard Branson?
I certainly look forward to hearing people responses. *FYi, Can we please keep this about the Virgin group, and not about the owner.