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When You Need Someone to Do Something They Don't Want to Do

Hugh Salmon | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Virgin Records, Virgin, Tubular Bells, Richard Branson, Marketing, Mike Oldfield, Advertising, Creativity, UK Business, UK News
Hugh Salmon

One of the advantages of working in creative businesses is that, on the whole, decision-making is based on creative talent and strength of argument rather than rank or pay grade.

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The Sex Pistols: Never Mind The B*******, Re-released After 35 Years

Jason Holmes | Posted 18.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: California, Twitter, Steve Jones, Beverly Hills, Facebook, London, British Empire, Apple iTunes, Top of the Pops, Virgin Records, Creation Records, Johnny Rotten, Never Mind the Bollocks, The-Sex-Pistols-God-Save-the-Queen, The Sex Pistols, Paul Cook, Piccadilly Circus, Alan McGee, Melody Maker, UK Entertainment News
Jason Holmes

Steve raises his voice, a bit of the old punk rage perhaps asserting itself again after all these years. "You had to work to go and see a band back in '77, had to get off your arse and go to a gig, and then go to a record store to purchase the product. There was a lot more work involved. Now it's just mindless consumption."

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How John Peel Fell For Tubular Bells, Helped Start Virgin...

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 07.08.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Virgin Records, UK Music, Richard Branson, Tubular Bells, John Peel, Danny Boyle, Slideexpand, Mike Oldfield, UK Entertainment News

When John Peel decided to play a long instrumental album by an unknown musician on his radio show, he put the wheels in motion for a worldwide smash, ...

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Richard Branson - Flexibility is the Key

Hugh Salmon | Posted 13.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Virgin Records, Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson, Planet Before Profit, Flexibility, Future of Leadership, Switch and Shift, Time Out, UK News
Hugh Salmon

Thirty years ago, I first met Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Records. His reputation was reclusive, perhaps even aloof. People knew about him, but they didn't know about him if you follow.

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