Britain needs a new Richard BransonRichard Branson in 1986 (Photo by Colin Davey/Express/Getty Images)Richard Branson continues to be the best champion the UK has as a place to do business despite founding his first business decades ago. Branson is a global success, but he should have a successor by now, says Philip SalterA few months after England lifted the 1966 World Cup, Sir Richard Branson started working on his first successful business, a magazine called Student that he launched two years later. We also drilled down into the views of London’s founders. Asked which cities come closest to rivalling London for their kind of business, founders looked west. What it needs from the new government is not just to celebrate them, but to give them reasons to stay.