
History : Final MG Rover chassis numbers
Production records are a vital historian’s tool – from these, you can ascertain what were the most popular variations of any given model range, what colours sailed out of the […]
Production records are a vital historian’s tool – from these, you can ascertain what were the most popular variations of any given model range, what colours sailed out of the […]
AROnline recently reported that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) would be holding a Disciplinary Tribunal into the conduct of MG Rover and the Phoenix Four’s Accountants, Deloitte (formerly Deloitte & Touche). The hearing […]
Keith Adams Reuters are reporting that MG Rover Group’s Accountants, Deloitte, will face a Disciplinary Tribunal later this month – the independent panel will be examining the firm’s conduct as Advisers and Auditors of MG Rover Group and the Phoenix […]
When John Towers‘ Phoenix bid was accepted by BMW, he knew that there would be a long, hard road ahead to restoring the image of the company, so badly eroded […]
Words: Richard Yarrow and Tim Rose, AM-online, 8 July 2011 Photograph: Mark Gibson/Slant 4 Marketing Six years on from the disaster of the collapse of the MG Rover Group its […]
Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 8 May 2011 The Phoenix Four remained defiant after the Government announced that the former MG Rover owners had agreed to be disqualified as Directors for […]
BBC News, 8 May 2011 The Directors who ran MG Rover Group Limited when the company collapsed have been disqualified as Directors. Peter Beale, Nick Stephenson, John Edwards and John Towers – known as […]
Keith Adams A recent visit to Longbridge saw me set eyes upon the RDX60 for the first time ever and I have to say that it evoked mixed emotions in […]
David Bailey, Birmingham Post, 3rd March, 2011 A number of former MG Rover workers recently met with representatives of the Phoenix Four to see whether there will be a payment into the […]
Words and Photographs: Mike Humble Well, as Keith Adams’ last blog states, winter is indeed upon us and, in true British tradition, we seem to be ill-equipped to cope with […]
Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 31st August, 2010 More than £23 million raised from the remnants of the collapsed Longbridge Phoenix empire could lie untouched for years – because of a […]
Channel 4 News, 13th July, 2010 A trustee of the MG Rover Trust Fund, which had promised compensation for workers who lost their jobs with the collapse of MG Rover […]
Parts specialist XPart has obtained statistics from the DVLA which show that over 1m MG Rover cars are still alive and well on the UK’s roads. The figures produced by […]
Nigel Garton It seems that the final MG Rover test and development cars have been sent to the crusher by SAIC Motor after being allowed to languish at Longbridge for […]
Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post, 7th April, 2010 Former MG Rover Directors are facing renewed demands for the payment of a long-awaited Trust Fund to support their former workers, on the […]
KEITH ADAMS In the market for a Rover 2600, and have a spare £12,000 burning in your pocket? Then how about this ‘new’ and unregistered Series 2, which has just […]
Jon Griffin, Birmingham Mail, 15th January, 2010 LONGBRIDGE could have been sunk as long ago as 1994 by Japanese car giant Honda, former MG Rover Chairman John Towers has claimed. […]
Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 27th November, 2009 The company owned by the former bosses of MG Rover has paid £3 million to creditors of the firm. The so-called Phoenix Four […]
Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 16th November, 2009 Vilified Phoenix Four Directors Peter Beale and John Edwards are in line for a massive multi-million pound Christmas bonus from the remnants of […]
Jon Walker, Birmingham Post, 4th November, 2009 The Government has offered to back legal action forcing former Rover Directors to hand over up to £22 million to former employees and […]
Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post, 23rd October, 2009 The four former MG Rover Directors criticised for their management of the carmaker vowed to clear their name last night after being summoned […]
Jonathan Guthrie, Financial Times, 25th September, 2009 Dr. Qu Li says she is being “stoned to death” twice over. First, a report on MG Rover revealed that the car company […]
David Bailey and John Clancy, Birmingham Post, 17th September, 2009 We know from last week’s hard-hitting Department of Business report that the Phoenix fat cats gave themselves “unreasonably large” payouts. […]
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