Press contacts Kate Cashmore, PR & Communications Manager, kate.cashmore@virgin.com Jodie Burton, Senior PR & Comms Manager, jodie.burton@virgin.com Caitlin Marsh, Press and Communications Officer, caitlin.marsh@virgin.com Spokespeople Mark Plowright Virgin Trains Ticketing Director Further information Virgin Trains Ticketing is a rail ticketing app, allowing people to earn three Virgin Points per £1 spent on any train travel across the whole of Great Britain, making it a more rewarding way to travel. With Virgin Trains Ticketing, there are no booking fees on e-tickets, which you can access offline or slip into your Apple wallet. Virgin Points earned through everyday train travel can be spent on hundreds of different rewards with Virgin Red, Virgin's rewards club.

Press contacts Kate Cashmore, Senior Communications Manager, kate.cashmore@virgin.com Caitlin Marsh, Communications Officer, caitlin.marsh@virgin.com Virgin Red is Virgin's rewards club, connecting the Virgin family, where members can earn on the everyday to save for the extraordinary. Virgin Red celebrates its members for living a life more Virgin – giving them exclusive access to rewards from the Virgin family and beyond. It makes it really easy for members to earn and spend Virgin Points – Virgin's universal currency which never expires. Whether it’s spending points on an everyday treat like a coffee or cinema ticket, saving for a bigger extraordinary experience like a holiday or watching a concert from the Virgin Red Room, there is something for everyone. Members can top up their points balance by earning on everyday online shopping with some of the UK’s biggest retailers or earning points as they travel by train across the Great Britain with Virgin Trains Ticketing. Virgin Red also makes it easy to support local communities, charities and the environment through its Points for Good category.

Press contacts Caitlin Marsh, Communications Manager, caitlin.marsh@virgin.com Kate Cashmore, Head of News, kate.cashmore@virgin.com Ffion White, Communications Officer, ffion.white@virgin.com Virgin StartUp is the not-for-profit home of entrepreneurship at the Virgin Group. Founded in 2013 by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin StartUp helps early-stage founders start and grow the businesses that they’re passionate about by providing founders with business advice, access to funding, mentoring, training and more, including scale-up and investment readiness programmes. As a national Business Support Partner of the British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans Scheme, Virgin StartUp provides access to funding between £500 - £25,000 to help founders start or scale early-stage businesses in the UK. Since launching in late 2013, Virgin StartUp has distributed more than£100million to 7,000 early-stage founders around the country. Virgin StartUp exists to make entrepreneurship possible for everyone. By combining founder-first funding, inclusive support, and accelerators for under-represented founders, Virgin StartUp is levelling the playing field and helping more people start up and thrive. Its 50/50 pledge, which came into effect in 2019, commits to equally funding women and men founders through the Start Up Loan programme. Virgin StartUp is also home to a community of thousands of founders, helping to provide the support and opportunities they need to build better business together. The Virgin StartUp Community is an online platform open to any aspiring or early-stage business founder, offering a dedicated space for founders to connect, share, learn and grow with like-minded entrepreneurs and industry experts. Founders can access 1:1 mentoring and 1:1 advisory calls, as well as online learning, workshops and face-to-face events to inspire and support them in their business venture.