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    The Island

    “ Sir Richard Branson has said he will put his private Caribbean island up as collateral in his attempt to persuade the UK government to save his Virgin Atlantic airline from going bust.

    Branson, who is the UK’s seventh richest person with an estimated £4.7bn fortune and lives on Necker Island in the tax-free British Virgin Islands, on Monday promised in a public blogpost that he would “raise as much money against the island as possible to save as many jobs as possible”.

    Branson, 69, made the pledge as he desperately tried to convince the government to give his airline a £500m bailout to help it through the “devastating impact this pandemic continues to have”

    Richard Branson offers Caribbean island as collateral for bailout | Business | The Guardian

    Never liked beardy twat - poor quality copy cat of proper companies and products.

    If he was desperate to save HiS business he’d shut the **** up and put up his own money.

    #2
    “ On Monday, Branson said he and his wife Joan “did not leave Britain for tax reasons but for our love of the beautiful British Virgin Islands and in particular Necker Island”.”

    What a twat - he could have easily continue to pay Uk taxes if he wanted so: HMRC would not have minded it for sure.

    Notice that he did not offer “Virgin” trademark as collateral - pretty sure he licenses it to businesses. Imwonder if the firm that collects that money is in the UK or offshore.

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      #3
      Would he have chosen that lovely island if he had to continue paying UK taxes?

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        #4
        Are you ranting to yourself again?

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          #5
          It certainly sounds like it.

          However I share his sense of schadenfreude.
          When the fun stops, STOP.

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