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Watch this space: Branson's out of this world experience

18.10.11
Sir Richard Branson has officially opened the world's first commercial spaceport... more

'Ad land is not rocking the boat enough'

26.09.11
On marketing and advertising: In a rare interview, London's most outspoken creative Trevor Beattie and partner Andrew McGuinness declare war on the mundane... more

City Spy: Eaga Trust's olive branch to buy off takeover protests

17.03.11
A victory for employees in the battle between staff at Eaga, the energy-saving specialist bought by Carillion for £306million last month, and management... more

Virgin Galactic seeks a role in space taxi project

17.12.10
Virgin Galactic bidding for a part in Nasa’s $200 million (£128 million) competition to design space taxis... more

Virgin spaceship has lift-off as tourists sign up for flights

23.03.10
Virgin Galactic’s spaceship makes its maiden flight the Mojave Desert where it is being built... more

Virgin tie up John Booth deal after Alex Tai quits

13.01.10
Alex Tai has quit as team principal of Virgin Racing less than a month after taking on the role... more

Play your (business) cards right

11.01.10
Despite LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, it’s your business card that still says most about you. Use it to the max, says Heather McGregor... more

This Turner Prize is proof we yearn for honest art

09.12.09
The Turner Prize has not lost its capacity to shock - this year's winner is quite good... more

Virgin space tours ready for blast-off

08.12.09
This is the craft that Sir Richard Branson hopes will bring success to his venture into space tourism... more

White out in the wild of Sweden

22.10.09
Sweden’s frozen north is a dramatic, untouched wilderness in which your only companions are polar bears and reindeer, says Kate Eshelby... more

Surrey firm to fire probes into the moon

15.09.09
It is set to be a very British space mission. Engineers have unveiled plans to fire probes into the moon from a satellite to learn more about its structure... more

Burnside is onside for Rangers bid

03.09.09
The resignation of Sir David Murray as chairman and director of Glasgow Rangers has sparked speculation as to who may take over the current Scottish Premier League champions should he go the whole distance and offload his majority shareholding ... more

Dallas TV star Victoria Principal accused of aiming gun at her maid

05.05.09
Former Dallas actress Victoria Principal is being sued after she allegedly pulled a gun on a maid.... more

Trekkie mania

05.05.09
As London gears up for Friday's release of the new Star Trek film, Jasmine Gardner tells you how to live long and prosper... more

Hirco answers Laxey with its own questions

16.04.09
The row between property developer Hirco and Laxey, the activist shareholder headed by Colin Kingsnorth, is bubbling up nicely. To recap, Laxey owns 10.05% of Hirco, and QVT, a fund with which it is closely linked, also has 4.95%.... more

Hate mail for Hamilton the space tourist

02.12.08
Lewis Hamilton's decision to become a space tourist has resulted in a fresh barrage of racist abuse from Spanish racing fans... more

One small price for man: City banker's 'bargain' space trip

01.12.08
A banker is set to become the world's first "affordable" space tourist ... more

Lewis romance is out of this world

20.11.08
FI ace Hamilton wants to take a £625,000 flight into space with his Pussycat Doll girlfiend... more

Social London

08.10.08
This is the heart of the social scene, with the names that make the social circuit turn and add the glitter to the parties the capital does so well ... more

Princess Beatrice's suitor gets a thumbs up from the family

01.09.08
Sarah Ferguson took her daughters, Beatrice, 20, and Eugenie, 18, to watch the final of the Gold Cup Polo at the Santa Maria polo club in Sotogrande, Spain over the weekend. Beatrice's boyfriend Dave Clark, who works for Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Group, was invited to join them on holiday proving that he has got the parental thumbs up.... more

One small step for Southfork: Pam in talks to pilot Branson's virgin flight to space

02.08.08
Former Dallas star Victoria Principal is aiming to be the first woman commercial pilot in space. She has revealed she wants to pilot the company’s SpaceShipTwo.... more

Eye Eye, Beatrice: Princess struggles to rule the waves on jet ski jaunt

01.05.08
She's a qualified diver, an accomplished skier and, rumour has it, no slouch on the dancefloor. She even considered putting her skates on to appear on Dancing On Ice. However, it seems that riding a jet ski was a challenge too far for Princess Beatrice - at least at first - as she ended up with a faceful of a surf. As she rubbed her no-doubt sore and stinging eyes, she wasn't exactly brimming with regal poise... more


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