Pest Analysis for Virgin Media

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Virgin Media. This essay will be about Virgin Media, which is part of Virgin Group Business whose owner is Sir Richard Branson. At the first this essay will describe beginning and the background of Virgin Group. This essay will discuss current political, economic, social and technological influences impacting Virgin Media. For this essay research will be made. At the end conclusions and references will be available. At the age 16 Richard Branson established a nation student magazine with the title ‘Student’, at age 17 he started a Student Advisory Centre to help young people. In 1970 local authorities charged his center, because they us word ‘Venereal disease’. At the age 20 Richard started company named ‘Virgin’, which was operated with the mail. At the age 22 Richard opened company called ‘Virgin Records’, one of the first artists which sing with ‘Virgin Record’ was Mike Oldfield, he sold more than 5 million copies of single. Later on there was many other artist which sing with ‘Virgin Record’, for example Sex Pistol, Janet Jackson and Rolling Stones and may other singers and bands. At the age 34 Richard decide start business which is more serious. He moved into airline industry, starting ‘Virgin Atlantic Airways’, which become second biggest English haul in international airline, which had flights to New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Orland and many others international cities. In 1985 at that time Richard was 35, his boat ‘Virgin Atlantic Challenger II’ in the fastest record time ever cross Atlantic Ocean. In 1987 his hot air balloon ‘Virgin Atlantic Flyer’ again beat all record by crossing Atlantic Ocean. As many of us know Richard Branson has many other businesses, for example Virgin Mobile which are running in Australia, Canada, UK and US and other countries. Another business which is in Virgin Group is Virgin Media which services are TV channels,

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