Virgin Atlantic Airways came from an idea taken to Richard Branson by Randolph Fields in the early 1980’s. Original called British Atlantic Airways‚ VAA first flew from Gatwick to Newark with their single 747 on 22nd June 1984. Branson took the torch from Sir Freddie Laker’s Skytrain operation - which had been the pioneer of discounted transatlantic air travel‚ but suffered at the hands of BA’s price war to eliminate the competition. Virgin too didn’t have an easy ride with BA‚ and won substaintial
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Analytical framework of the fundraising and campaigning sides of Oxfam’s business: Legal: The operations and activities of charities in the UK are regulated by the Charities Act‚ 2006. All charities in the UK are required to keep annual records‚ prepare annual accounts and make the accounts available to the public on request. Therefore Oxfam must keep detailed records of its income and expenditure from trading and campaigning activities. Since Oxfam is a charity with assets in excess of £2.8 million
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SWOT analysis for Cadburys Trebor Bassett Strengths Strong leadership position in confectionary markets Exceptional performance by Adams in the US Sale of Cadburys Schwepps European drinks business Weaknesses Opportunities New product launches Robust organizational changes driving performance Growth in the UK confectionery market. Purchase of Green and Blacks Threats Growing Health Concerns Retailer Pressure Strengths Strong Leadership position in confectionery markets
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SWOT Analysis Strengths (internal) Weakness (internal) Apple is one of the top most companies of the world for its brand equity which is from the days of mcintosh computers; Apple is known to be a brand with promise. Apple’s retail stores ensure high quality customer experience as they provide direct contact customers service with knowledgeable staff which increases brand awareness. Besides‚ Apple’s stores are one of the most profitable in terms of sales. The IOS which is the operating system
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Vestal Virgins The Vestal Virgins were the priestesses of Vesta‚ the goddess of the hearth‚ in charge of maintaining the sacred fire within the Temple of Vesta on the Forum Romanum. Vesta symbolized collectively the hearths in citizens’ houses; she presided over the basic need of fire (Cadoux 163). The fire in the Temple of Vesta was a pure fire and was not fed with wood from dead trees‚ or any rubbish thrown upon it‚ or any impious act done in its presence. If the Vestal Virgins allowed
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Summer 2011 edition - £120 construction industry forecasts 2011-2015 Key Points Include: • • • • • • Construction output to fall 0.5% in 2011 before falling a further 2.8% in 2012 Total housing starts in 2011 less than half needed to meet number of households created Public sector construction work to fall by 26% by 2014 Private sector construction work to rise by 23% by 2015 Roads construction set to halve by 2014 Energy construction set to rise threefold by 2015 Overview The prospects
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Virgin Active is one of the largest health club businesses in the world‚ with over 170 clubs and more than 900‚000 members spread across the UK‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Portugal and South Africa. Virgin Active is currently developing sites across Australia. The Virgin Active club located at 138 Bourke St‚ Melbourne officially opened in May 2009. Virgin Active opened its first Australian club in French’s Forest‚ Sydney in December 2008. Virgin Active offers convenient class times as well as fast classes for
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The flag of the United States Virgin Islands is one of the most attractive flags of this world . The flag is very similar to the United States presidential flag. The flag consists of a white background on which a strong bald golden eagle sits in the center holding a green branch on the right talon and three light blue arrows in its left talon. These three light blue arrows represent the three islands St. Thomas‚ St. Croix and St. John. The mighty shield on its chest bears a blue chief on the top
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BUSINESS ANALYSIS 09BSP025 ANDY LIM A916051 Contents Introduction 4 Industry overview 4 P.E.S.T.E. Analysis 5 Economic 5 GDP 5 Figure 1: Annual GDP Growth (1) 5 Figure 2: Annual GDP Growth (2) 6 Household Consumption 6 Figure 3: Household Consumption Growth 6 Figure 4: Contributions to Household Consumption Growth 7 DPI 7 Unemployment 8 Figure 6: UK’s Unemployment Rate 8 Replacement Cycles 9 SIM-only Deals 9 Social 10 Internet 10 Table 1: Mobile Content Consumption
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VIRGIN’S GROUP CORPORATE STRATEGY DIVERSIFICATION 1. Introduction The Virgin Group is one of Britain’s biggest and successful empires in the 21st century. The company has successfully incorporated a great number of diverse industries under the Virgin brand. This includes travel‚ mobile‚ financial services‚ leisure‚ cosmetics‚ retail‚ and music businesses. Virgin has been able to dominate the British market and has therefore continued to rapidly expand into other regions such as the United
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