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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

Engineer 'no part of MG future'

KEY advisers to Longbridge owners Nanjing will not be investing a penny in the bid to revive MG sports car production, it was revealed today. Read

Mail's Chinese plea to Longbridge owners

THE Evening Mail today becomes the first English-language newspaper ever to print its front page headline in Mandarin Chinese. Read

On the road with TV star Noel

A NEW car firm is up and running in the West Midlands supplying allterrain £5,000 vehicles. Read

Frustration at Rover trust fund wait

LONGBRIDGE campaigner Carl Chinn today told of his "frustration and disappointment" at the agonising wait facing workers for Phoenix Trust Fund cash. Read

No more Longbridge Chinese whispers

THE Evening Mail today challenges Longbridge owners Nanjing to put their cards on the table over the future of the world-famous car factory. Read

Sisters are full of beans!

IT'S a family affair at Starbucks in Birmingham city centre, with sisters Alexandra and Arabella Smith a red hot combination. Read

Show us the Rover money - union boss

THE UK's most powerful union chief today challenged new MG Rover owners Nanjing to prove they had the cash to resume car production at Longbridge. Read

Mystery over Rover offices plan

ACTION to stop hundreds of Chinese setting up home at Longbridge was demanded today - amid fears that car maker Nanjing is planning the ultimate "takeaway". Read

Jaguar setting new standards

JAGUAR'S revamped Castle Bromwich factory will provide a "centre of excellence" for advanced technology setting sky-high new standards for the UK car industry, it was revealed today. Read

New hope for Rover production

ROVER cars could be built at Longbridge alongside MGs if new owners Nanjing are prepared to pay for the licence rights, it was revealed today. Read

Stan's stuck with the firm

VETERAN business owner Stan Hughes has called off his retirement, after failing to give away his firm to a redundant Longbridge worker. Read

Big day back on for castle couple

BRIDE-TO-BE Jane Moore and fiance Matt Bird were overjoyed today after being given the all-clear for their £6,000 dream wedding - just nine days before it was meant to take place. Read

Theme park splashes out on attraction

A £20 million water wonderland was today unveiled at one of the West Midlands biggest tourist hotspots. Read

Firms left £1m out of pocket

DOZENS of small firms across the West Midlands, owed a total of more than £1 million following the collapse of an upmarket building company, will not receive a penny. Read

Church of stars set for city

THE controversial Church of Scientology, which numbers Tom Cruise and John Travolta amongst its followers, is looking for new regional headquarters in Birmingham. Read

Ices man licked by red tape

WHAT'S the difference between "coffee-flavoured" and "coffee flavour" ice-cream? Read

Big three left in the race for MG

THE race for MG Rover is down to the last three contestants from an original field of 630 interested parties. Read

Trio fight for Rover plant

THE race for Longbridge was on its last lap today,with three firms jostling for pole position in a bidding war which could secure 2,000 jobs. Read

Rover staff's reunion -- in Coventry!

LONGBRIDGE workers thrown out of a job will get the chance to say farewell to former colleagues at a special reunion party - in Coventry. Read

Rover workers in cash windfall

AROUND 5,000 redundant Longbridge workers are in line for extra state payouts of nearly £2,500 each following a tribunal later this month. Read

Author Profile

Jon Griffin has been Business Editor of the Birmingham Mail since 1998. He began his career at the Peterborough Evening Telegraph in 1975 then worked from 1978-79 for the Birmingham Evening Mail. He later joined the Coventry Evening Telegraph as a trainee sub-editor then the Wolverhampton Express and Star from 1980 before rejoining the Mail in April 1996.

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