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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for assessing the internal capability of a firm is through the use of the SWOT analysis. Although it is a simplified view‚ a SWOT analysis gives a snapshot view of the strengths and opportunities on which the company needs to capitalise to create a ‘distinguishing edge’. Also‚ it is useful to see the weaknesses and threats which can challenge the competitive position of the firm. Figure 2: SWOT analysis of the Virgin Group of Companies STRENGTHS Value of the global brand Reputation Network
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History of Virgin Virgin Trains was born on 29th of November 1996 when it was awarded the Cross Country franchise following the privatisation of British Rail‚ the franchise will last until April 2012. Along with the Cross Country line‚ Virgin also won the West Coast franchise and took control on the 9th of March 1997‚ this franchise will end in March 2012. The West Coast line was the last but one of the franchises to be handed over to the private sector‚ all of which had been completed in less
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SWOT ANALYSIS FOR VIRGIN ATLANTIC � DONE BY: FATIMA ASLAM GHULAM HUSSAIN ID: 200600347 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW: � The idea for the airline stemmed from the creator of the Virgin brand‚ Richard Branson. In 1977‚ seventeen- year-old Branson started an advisory service that flourished into Virgin mail order record company within three years. After establishing Virgin Records as one of the world’s top six record companies by the early 1980s‚ Branson launched his new creation‚ Virgin Atlantic
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SWOT Analysis of Virgin Media Virgin Media is an innovative new media company that was formed as a result of a merger between NTL and Telewest and then a re-branding as Virgin Media. Its main strength lies in the branding and the innovation that the name Virgin offers. Internally‚ Virgin Media is the only company in the United Kingdom that offers all four of the main media services‚ i.e. digital television‚ broadband‚ fixed line telephone and mobile phone packages. The ability to offer these products
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SWOT Analysis of Virgin Group 1. STRENGTHS Strong brand name. Experienced in two different kinds of distribution - Stationary trade - Mail ordering Location. - Geopolitical position is good for business. Co-existence in the region of 2 seaports and an international airport with direct possibility of export. - Variety of exports possibilities. Large land resources. - Existence of a powerful technical basis and building firms. Ecologically clean environment. - > 100
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Employed by Virgin Group From its beginning as a start-up‚ the Virgin Group still utilizes the same strategic model‚ which entails devolving from its original values and culture. Markedly entrepreneurial‚ Virgin group has no headquarters even though it has overseen an extended period of considerable growth and persistent profitability. Uniquely‚ even though lacking a specific corporate structure‚ Branson‚ his advisers and senior executives are observed to establish a team capable of guiding Virgin Group’s
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PEST Analysis of Virgin Media •Political Factor Demand for fixed line telephony is in decline‚ with the rate of decline in lines used by business nearly twice as high as that in the residential fixed telephony market. There is a trend for businesses to replace fixed line telephony with voice-over-internet-protocol‚ or VoIP‚ telephony‚ while residential customers are tending to migrate from fixed line to mobile telephony. However‚ Virgin Media’s fixed line customers may not migrate to the company’s
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Virgin Group’s brand manual says "Our people come first." Virgin realizes the importance of employees in the success of the company. They develop loyalty from their own employees in order to build their reputation. Environmental and Organizational Strategic Issues Virgin Group finds new ways to lead the airline industry on environmental issues. The airline’s brand new fleet is one of the most fuel and carbon efficient fleets being operated in the world. The Virgin Group has also plan to
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289 CASE EXAMPLE The Virgin Group Aidan McQuade Introduction The Virgin Group is one of the UK’s largest private companies. The group included‚ in 2006‚ 63 businesses as diverse as airlines‚ health clubs‚ music stores and trains. The group included Virgin Galactic‚ which promised to take paying passengers into sub-orbital space. The personal image and personality of the founder‚ Richard Branson‚ were highly bound up with those of the company. Branson’s taste for publicity has led him to
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