BNET Industries
- Private
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Holding Company
Number of Employees 30,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
Recent Events
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Virgin Group enters Britain's gadget help market (Reuters)
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Virgin Seeks Bank Role
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Virgin Money Chooses Jaspersoft to Support Web-Based Charitable Giving Programs --Jaspersoft's reporting and analysis applications...
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Dynamic Infrastructure sponsored by IBM
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Virgin Galactic Aiming For IPO
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Bell Canada Enterprises: Bell Mobility completes acquisition of Virgin Mobile Canada
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Richard Branson's Social Travel Site: A Strange Game of Twister or Waste of Time?
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Virgin's Branson Still Keen on Northern Rock and bmi
News & Analysis
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Treasury backs private owners; Rock boost as Government bonds scheme unveiled
- 2008-01-21
Byline: By NICK WHITTEN Industrial Reporter TREASURY bosses today revealed new funding plans to help back a private sale of Northern Rock. Shares in the bank sank to new lows last week amid fears the Rock would be nationalised. But a potential private sector deal has been...
Ex-Lloyd's boss to head nationalised Northern Rock
- 2008-01-12
LONDON AFP — The former head of Lloyd's insurance market, Ron Sandler, said Saturday he has been appointed to lead troubled British bank Northern Rock should it be nationalised. "In the event of nationalisation, I have agreed I will go in as executive chairman," Sandler said in a statement,...
Virgin Group preferred Northern Rock bidder: BBC
- 2007-11-25
LONDON AFP — Troubled British lender Northern Rock will name a consortium led by billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group as its preferred buyer, the BBC reported Sunday. Without citing its sources, the broadcaster said on its website that the bank would make an announcement detailing the decision on Monday....
Britain's Northern Rock confirms preliminary talks with buyers
- 2007-10-15
LONDON AFP — Stricken British mortgage lender Northern Rock said Monday it was in preliminary talks with a number of potential buyers or investors, but did not name the interested parties. The home loan provider ran into trouble last month when credit market turmoil forced it to ask the...
Shacklock lines up with DrKW on Virgin merger deal.
- 2003-05-23
Byline: Janine Brewis Tim Shacklock, a partner at corporate finance boutique Gleacher Shacklock, has appeared in his first public deal discussions since joining the firm, working alongside his former colleagues from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.Shacklock has been advising BMI British Midland, the UK airline,...
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