by Bower, Tom
McLoughlin, Patrick, 1, 2
McMahon, Richard, 1
Macnee, Peter, 1
McNulty, Roy, 1
Macquarie Bank, 1
McVey, Vivienne, 1, 2
Maersk, 1
Mahali Mzuri (RB’s safari camp), 1
Majorca, 1
Makepeace (RB’s Australian island), 1
Al Maktoum, Sheikh Ahmed, 1
Maktoum family, 1
Malone, Francis and Martin, 1
Malone, John, 1
Mandela, Nelson, 1, 2, 3, 4
Manor GP Racing, 1
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Sheikh, 1
Marino, Anthony, 1
Martinez, Susana, 1
Marussia Virgin see Virgin Racing
Mascoma Corporation, 1
Masiyiwa, Strive, 1
Mastercard, 1
Mathewson, Sir George, 1
May, Glenn, 1, 2, 3, 4
Media Control, 1
Mellitt, Brian, 1, 2, 3
Melvill, Mike, 1, 2
Mercedes, 1, 2
Metro Bank, 1
Michaelis, Alex, 1
Michibata, Jessica, 1
Middleton, Kate, 1
Milburn, Alan, 1
Millward Brown Optimor, 1
Mitchell, Mike, 1, 2
Mohl, Andrew, 1
Mojave Air & Space Port, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Mojave rocket accident (2007)
Chase’s investigation, 1, 2
description of accident, 1
exclusion of space community, 1, 2, 3
nitrous oxide as fuel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
position of personnel at explosion, 1, 2
safety procedures blamed, 1
Scaled guides investigation, 1, 2
Sgobba on, 1
Montezemolo, Luca, 1
Moody’s, 1
Mooney, Jim, 1, 2, 3
Moore, Demi, 1
Moore, Paul, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Morgan, Piers, 1, 2, 3
Morgan Stanley, 1
Mosley, Max, 1, 2, 3, 4
Mosquito Island (RB’s Virgin island), 1
Movie 43 (film), 1
Mugabe, Robert, 1
Murdoch, James, 1, 2, 3
Murdoch, Rupert
establishes Sky, 1
ITV bid, 1, 2, 3
Malone beats, 1
and media’s fondness for RB, 1
Premier League football, 1
publishes The Daily, 1, 2
RB on challenge of taking on, 1
as ultimate victor against RB, 1
wealth, 1
Murphy, Stephen
Abu Dhabi spaceport pitch, 1
conservatism of, 1
fails to grasp internet’s potential, 1
at Gormley meeting, 1
Northern Rock bid, 1
offshore decision–making, 1
opposition to F1, 1
as shadowy, 1
and Virgin Care, 1, 2
Virgin Mobile flotation, 1
and Whitehorn’s departure, 1
Murray, Jonathan, 1, 2
Musk, Elon, 1, 2, 3
My Life (Clinton), 1
NASA, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Nasdaq, 1
National Express, 1, 2
national lottery, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
National Space Society, 1
NBC, 1
Necker Island
Blair and Wales as guests, 1
cost of renting, 1
isolates RB from reality, 1, 2
partying in, 1
powered by renewables, 1
Nelson, Andrew, 1
Nelson, Shawn, 1
Network Rail, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
News Corp., 1
News International, 1, 2
NHS
GPs’ conflict of interest, 1
GPs on Virgin tour, 1
Labour promotes private contractors, 1, 2
rejects Virgin Health Bank, 1, 2
Virgin Care wins contracts, 1
Nikpay, Ali, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
9/11 attacks, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Noguera, Anthony, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Noor, Queen of Jordan, 1
Norris, Peter, 1, 2
Northern Rock, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Northrop Grumman, 1, 2, 3, 4
Norwich Union, 1, 2, 3
Novamedia, 1
NTL, 1, 2, 3
Obama, Barack, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Obasanjo, Olusegun, 1
O’Brien, John, 1
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Oelwang, Jean, 1
Ofcom, 1, 2
Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
and Murdoch’s ITV stake, 1
Passenger Fuel Surcharge conspiracy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Premier League cost ruling, 1
oil
Clinton suggests ‘big–footing’ alternative, 1
Khosla’s war on, 1
Nigeria’s sweetener to Virgin, 1
‘peak oil’ fallacy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
RB in Calgary, 1
RB on ‘oil crunch’, 1
RB on ‘trader cartel’, 1, 2
RB’s worry on oil prices, 1, 2, 3
reason for oil-price spike, 1, 2
Virgin Oil, 1
Oldfield, Mike, 1, 2
OPEC, 1
Open Skies Agreement (2008), 1
Optus, 1
Orange, 1
Osborne, George, 1
Oshkosh aviation exhibition, 1
O’Toole, Tim, 1, 2, 3, 4
Owen, Sir Robert, 1
Pan Am, 1
Panchoran Retreat, 1
Parker, Charlie, 1, 2, 3, 4
Parsley, David, 1
Patrick Corporation, 1
Peapack-Gladstone, NJ (club), 1
Peck, Lawrence, 1
Pinkett Smith, Jada, 1
Pitman, Sir Brian, 1, 2
Pitt, Brad, 1
Pomerantz, William, 1
Premier League football, 1, 2, 3
Prescott, John, 1
Principal, Victoria, 1, 2
The Project (Virgin’s iPad magazine)
advertisers avoid, 1
as App of the Year, 1, 2
Apple blows hot and cold, 1, 2
casualties of, 1
as Donaldson’s idea, 1
Malones’ investment, 1
RB promotes, 1
readers’ complaints, 1
as rival to The Daily, 1, 2
Project Interactive Publishing, 1
Pulp Juice, 1
Qantas, 1, 2
Railtrack
commitment to PUG2, 1, 2
contract with Virgin Trains, 1, 2, 3, 4
Corbett’s dislike of RB and Virgin, 1, 2
goes into administration, 1
‘moving block’ signalling, 1, 2, 3
post-Hatfield uproar, 1
problems with old infrastructure, 1
return to PUG1, 1, 2
tilting-train requirements, 1
Range Fuels, 1, 2
Reaction Engines, 1, 2
Reagan, Ronald, 1
The Rebel Billionaire (US TV series), 1
Red Bull Racing, 1, 2, 3, 4
Renault, 1
Reynolds, Lucy, 1
Rice, Tim, 1
Richardson, Bill
idealises RB, 1
meets RB in wilderness, 1
RB flatters, 1
RB meets at unbuilt Spaceport, 1, 2
vision for Spaceport, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Ridgway, Steve
concession to BALPA, 1
dismisses internet, 1, 2
leaves Virgin Atlantic, 1
Passenger Fuel Surcharge
conspiracy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
pilots criticise, 1
RB praises, 1
underestimates low–cost airlines, 1
and Virgi
n Atlantic’s decline, 1, 2
Ritter, Lloyd, 1
Rockefeller family, 1
Rogers, Richard, 1
Rogue Pictures, 1
Rolling Stones, the, 1
Ross, Martin, 1
Ross, Wilbur, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Rowlands, Sir David, 1
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Rutan, Burt
and Chase’s investigation, 1
chooses hybrid motor, 1, 2
ends work with Virgin Galactic, 1
jealousy of rivals, 1
optimism over scaling up, 1, 2, 3, 4
pessimism over safety, 1
project with Allen, 1
recruitment policy, 1
similarity to RB, 1
SpaceShipTwo accident, 1
WhiteKnightTwo unveiled, 1
wins Ansari X Prize, 1, 2, 3
Ryan, Michael, 1
Ryanair, 1, 2, 3, 4
Salway, Catherine, 1, 2
Santander, 1, 2, 3
Sarah, Duchess of York, 1
SAS Group, 1
Scaled Composites
aggressive schedule at Mojave, 1
as aircraft company, 1
experts guide Chase, 1
ignores nitrous oxide warning, 1
new motor, 1, 2
Northrop Grumman stake in, 1
OSHA fine, 1
reduces nitrous oxide temperature, 1
relationship with Virgin, 1
safety procedures and violations, 1, 2, 3
smokescreen over investigation, 1, 2, 3
Virgin Galactic spacecraft order, 1
Schiphol airport, 1
School House (Virgin’s London HQ), 1, 2, 3, 4
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
at Enterprise unveiling, 1, 2, 3
ethanol diktat, 1
at Global Sustainability Forum, 1
offer to Virgin America, 1
and RB’s US ambitions, 1, 2
re-election campaign, 1
rejects Virgin Galactic pitch, 1
at San Francisco terminal opening, 1, 2
Screw Business as Usual (RB)
on Amazon destruction, 1
as an apology, 1
on appeal of banking, 1
on doing good, 1, 2, 3, 4
ethics and good finance, 1, 2
praise for small businesses, 1
on pure profiteering, 1
RB promotes, 1
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1
Setanta Sports, 1
Seven Squared, 1
Sex Pistols, the, 1, 2, 3
Sgobba, Tommaso, 1
Shah, Jigar, 1, 2, 3
Shane, Doug, 1, 2
Shively, Jamen, 1
Shultz, George, 1
Siebold, Peter, 1
Sierra Nevada Corporation, 1, 2
Singapore Airlines, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Singer, Nicholas, 1
Sky, 1, 2, 3, 4;
see also BSkyB
SkyTeam, 1
Smith, Will, 1
Smithsonian Museum, 1
Snowden, Guy, 1, 2
Solazyme, 1
Solena Group, 1
Solyndra, 1, 2
Soros, George, 1, 2
Souter, Brian, 1, 2
Southern, Julie, 1
Southwest Airlines, 1
Soyuz rocket, 1
Spaceport Abu Dhabi, 1, 2
Spaceport America
construction completed, 1
Foster’s Space Operations Center, 1
hangar, 1
Homans’s confidence, 1
Murphy’s Aabar pitch, 1
RB names, 1
Richardson and Homans’s vision, 1
runway dedicated to Richardson, 1
state funding halved, 1
25-year lease to Virgin, 1
The Spaceship Company, 1, 2
SpaceShipOne, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
SpaceShipTwo see Virgin Galactic;
see also Enterprise, VSS
SpaceX, 1, 2, 3
Sprint, 1
Stagecoach, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Stanhope Investments, 1
Star Alliance, 1
StartUp Britain, 1
Steer, Jim, 1
Stern, Nicholas, 1
Stern Report, 1, 2
Strachan, Peter, 1, 2, 3
Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), 1, 2
Student (magazine), 1, 2
Sunday Times ‘Fast Track’
competition, 1
SunEdison, 1
Superman (film), 1
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, 1
Tabcorp, 1
Tai, Alex
encourages RB over Brawn, 1
gains grid place, 1
Homans offers airport, 1
leads Virgin Racing Team, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Tamminen, Terry, 1, 2
Tantum, John, 1
Tat Teleservices, 1
Telewest, 1
Tennant, David, 1
Thomas, Crispin, 1
Thurman, Uma, 1
Tickell, Crispin, 1, 2, 3, 4
T-Mobile, 1, 2, 3, 4
Toll Corporation, 1
Tomkins, Claire, 1, 2
Toscafund, 1
Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), 1, 2
Triton Submarines, 1
Trivon, 1
Trumbull, George, 1
Trump, Donald
The Apprentice, 1, 2, 3
business triumphs as genuine, 1
RB aims to crush, 1
on Rebel Billionaire, 1, 2
Trump: How to Get Rich (Trump), 1
Tubular Bells (Oldfield), 1, 2
Turner, Ted, 1, 2, 3
UBS, 1
Ulusaba (RB’s SA game reserve), 1
Unite, 1
United Airlines, 1
United Nations Climate Change Conference (2009), 1, 2
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime World Drug Report, 1
US Department of Justice airline cargo cartel, 1, 2, 3
Passenger Fuel Surcharge conspiracy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
US Department of Transportation, 1, 2, 3
US military, 1
Vámos, Roberto, 1
Varnom, John, 1
Vaz, Keith, 1
Verizon, 1
Vicious, Sid, 1
Victory Corp., 1
Villiers, Theresa, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Virgin Active, 1, 2, 3
Virgin America
Canadian failure, 1
comfort, 1
financing, 1
launch plans, 1
losses, 1, 2, 3
need for Schwarzenegger’s support, 1
part sale to US investors, 1
RB against TWU membership, 1, 2
rivals’ complaints, 1, 2, 3
San Francisco terminal opening, 1
Schwarzenegger’s offer, 1
Virgin Atlantic
alliance with Delta, 1
bids for Concorde, 1
BMI merger talks, 1, 2
butanol as fuel, 1, 2
Canadian routes, 1, 2
cargo cartel, 1
Cathay Pacific fare–fixing allegations, 1
celebrity photo scandal, 1
coconut/palm–oil stunt, 1
cost of 9/11 attacks, 1
‘cuisine’, 1
Delta and Etihad code–shares, 1
employees’ strike threat, 1, 2
and environmentalism, 1, 2, 3, 4
false and true origins of, 1
fee for checked–in bags, 1
Fields relinquishes rights, 1
and financial crisis, 1, 2
gains from BA chaos, 1
Gatwick ‘fantasy’, 1
Gulf flights, 1
humiliating BA, 1, 2
Indian routes, 1
lack of advertising, 1
lacks influence on aircraft types, 1
Lagos feeder, 1
launch, 1, 2
loses Heathrow protection, 1, 2
losses, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
manicures, 1
as minor player, 1, 2
orders fuel-efficient aircraft, 1
parties on board, 1, 2
Passenger Fuel Surcharge conspiracy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
postpones A1 delivery, 2
publicity on Rebel Billionaire, 1,
RB sells half of, 1, 2
RB stops flying with, 1, 2
RB’s party reminiscences, 1
Russian plans, 1
sale of Virgin Express, 1
Singapore Airlines as partner, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
staff dismissals, 1, 2, 3
and trade unions, 1
weak management, 1
won’t buy Virgin Wines, 1
Virgin Australia, 1
Virgin Blue
Air New Zealand code–share, 1
competes with Singapore Airlines, 1
computer glitch, 1
falls in share price, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
RB buys Corrigan’s stake, 1
RB sells share at profit, 1, 2
RB’s initial indifference, 1
staff fired, 1
sustains Virgin America, 1
Virgin Brides, 1
Virgin Café (small Australian bar), 1
Virgin Care
buys Assura Medical, 1
clinics plan ditched, 1
community not surgical focus, 1
‘Customer Service in the NHS’ report, 1
and drug decriminalisation, 1
GPs’ conflict of interest, 1
incompetent staff, 1
losses, 1
RB as face of, 1, 2, 3, 4
state subsidies, 1
targets young male professionals, 1
three-month national tour, 1
wins NHS contracts, 1
Virgin Cars, 1
Virgin Cola
launch seduces Gadhia, 1
RB exaggerates sales, 1
RB’s tank stunt, 1
Virgin Comics, 162
Virgin Connect, 1
Virgin Cosmetics, 1, 2
Virgin Digital, 1
Virgin Digital Publishing, 1, 2, 3
Virgin Direct see Virgin Money
Virgin Earth Challenge, 1, 2, 3, 4
Virgin Express, 1, 2, 3
Virgin Fuels, 1, 2, 3
Virgin Galactic
Aabar stake, 1, 2, 3
Abu Dhabi spaceport, 1, 2
celebrity bookings, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
customer complaint, 1
customer numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
customer numbers in first decade, 1
deal on SpaceShipOne, 1
denial of nitrous oxide dangers, 1, 2
Dubai pitch, 1
duration and speed of space trip, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Enterprise unveiling, 1, 2
Enterprise’s flights, 1, 2, 3
funded by Virgin airlines, 1
as ‘green’, 1, 2, 3
hybrid motor, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
as last throw of the dice, 1
launching satellites, 1, 2
liquid-fuel motor, 1, 2
livery on RB’s jet, 1
name registered, 1
NBC agreement, 1