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History : Final MG Rover chassis numbers

29 October 2020 Keith Adams 13

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 […]

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News : Deloitte loses MG Rover Disciplinary Tribunal

31 July 2013 Keith Adams 12

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 […]

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News : MG Rover’s Accountants face Disciplinary Tribunal

17 July 2013 Keith Adams 38

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 […]

MG Rover

MGs for a new millennium: from X to Z

28 July 2011 Matthew Hayward 21

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 […]

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Press Report : Moving on after the death of MG Rover…

12 July 2011 Clive Goldthorp 22

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 […]

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Press Report : Phoenix Four remain defiant following Directorship bans

8 May 2011 Clive Goldthorp 1

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 […]

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Press Report : Phoenix Four agree to bans on serving as Directors

8 May 2011 Clive Goldthorp 12

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 […]

MG Rover

Blog : RDX60 ten years on

22 March 2011 Keith Adams 34

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 […]

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Press Comment : Time for the Phoenix Four to pay the MGR Trust Fund

11 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 2

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 […]

MG Rover

Fail to prepare… Prepare to fail

26 November 2010 Mike Humble 8

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 […]

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Press Report : Mystery £23m claim on Longbridge Phoenix cash

31 August 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

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Press Report : No payouts from “cynical” MG Rover Trust Fund

15 July 2010 Clive Goldthorp 1

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 […]

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MG Rover : More than 1million cars still on the UK’s roads

23 June 2010 Clive Goldthorp 1

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 […]

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SAIC Motor : MGR’s surviving test cars are finally sent to the crusher

9 May 2010 Keith Adams 62

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 […]

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Press Report : Former MGR Directors face demands to pay trust money

7 April 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

New Rover 2600 on sale in Switzerland
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Delivery miles SD1 on sale in Europe

27 February 2010 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Press Report : Towers lifts the lid on Longbridge

17 January 2010 Keith Adams 0

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. […]

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Press Report : Former MG Rover bosses make £3m payment to creditors

27 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 1

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 […]

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Press Report : Christmas comes early for Phoenix Four Directors

16 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

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Press Report : MGR’s Phoenix Four facing legal action for £22m

4 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 1

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 […]

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Press Report : Phoenix Four summoned to Commons enquiry

27 October 2009 Clive Goldthorp 5

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 […]

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Press Report : MG Rover’s aide in China perplexed by focus on sex

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

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Press Comment : Just how much money was taken out of MGR?

23 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

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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