Taylor joins HMV after 17 years at Virgin

Virgin Our Price product director John Taylor (pictured) was escorted out of the chain's head office by MD Simon Burke last Tuesday (19 November) after 17 years of service.

The Virgin veteran was dramatically expelled after announcing his decision to join rivals HMV as marketing director.

Taylor joined the Virgin chain in the same year that Thatcher came to power and became a head honcho at the Brentford-based head office. He joins the seven-strong HMV board working alongside managing director Brian McLaughlin and operations director Wilf Walsh.