Richard Branson mulls putting up more cash to tap UK loans for teetering Virgin Atlantic

Richard Branson is looking at ploughing more money into teetering Virgin Atlantic to avail of British government loans.

Richard Branson is considering pouring more money into teetering Virgin Atlantic Airways than he originally pledged in a bid to attract outside investors and gain access to hundreds of millions of pounds of UK state-backed loans, according to people familiar with the matter.