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MG Rover ends production in Birmingham until next spring Oct 07 2009

Production of MG sports cars in Birmingham has ended for the year and will not resume until next spring, with the likely loss of jobs.Read

MG Rover: Chinese love of director fumes over sex life reports Sep 26 2009

THE Chinese lover of Phoenix Four director Nick Stephenson was “shocked and shaken” by the MG Rover inquiry which exposed her sex life, it was revealed today.Read

MG Rover: MPs plan to take Phoenix Four to court to get millions back Sep 13 2009

SCANDAL-hit MG Rover directors could be forced to hand back the millions they took from the company in an explosive civil court case, MPs warned last night.Read

MG Rover: Ex-director accused of £100,000 "bribe" Sep 13 2009

A former director of MG Rover has been sensationally accused of taking a £100,000 ‘bribe’ over the sale of Longbridge to a property developer.Read

MG Rover: Former workers reveal life on the breadline Sep 13 2009

FORMER MG Rover workers have told how they were left living on the breadline after the collapse of the Birmingham car maker.Read

MG Rover director paid his lover £1.7m for consultancy work Sep 12 2009

FIRMS linked to Phoenix Four director Nick Stephenson’s Chinese lover Qu Li received nearly £1.7 million over a 15-month period for consultancy work, the report reveals.Read

Former Longbridge director Brian Parker breached executive duties over £100,000 payment – MG Rover report Sep 12 2009

A BIRMINGHAM businessman and former Longbridge director breached executive duties over a £100,000 payment received from St Modwen Properties, says the report into MG Rover’s collapse.Read

Carl Chinn urges MG Rover Phoenix Four to pay £1m each into MG Trust Fund Sep 12 2009

CARL Chinn has urged each of the Phoenix Four to pay £1 million to help the 6,500 workers who lost their jobs when the company collapsed.Read

MG Rover: War of words heats up over report into collapsed car giant Sep 11 2009

A report into the collapse of MG Rover sparked a war of words today between the Government and the four businessmen who paid themselves millions for running the carmaker before it went bust.Read

MG Rover: Phoenix Four profiles Sep 11 2009

Profiles of the so-called Phoenix Four who ran MG Rover at LongbridgeRead

MG Rover: How the Pheonix Four's pay compared to the industry standard Sep 11 2009

The so-called Phoenix Four have claimed their remuneration package was comparable with directors in similar firms but today's report sets out details of much lower payments made by a range of car firms.Read

Mandelson calls on Phoenix Four to show some humility Sep 11 2009

Lord Mandelson said the Phoenix Four had "brass neck nerve" to describe the report as a witch-hunt and urged them now to "do the decent thing" and formally disqualify themselves from holding any future directorships.Read

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MG Rover report: Four slated for Rover collapse Sep 11 2009

LORD Mandelson today started moves to ban the Phoenix Four as directors after a Government report claimed the Longbridge bosses ran MG Rover for “personal gain”.Read

MG Rover: The collapse of a giant in numbers Sep 11 2009

INTERACTIVE FEATURE: The MG Rover collapse in numbersRead

MG Rover report: Response from Phoenix Four Sep 11 2009

At 9am today the government published the long awaited report into the collapse almost five years ago of MG Rover.Read

MG Rover report: Phoenix Four accuse Government of "witchhunt" Sep 11 2009

THE Phoenix Four today accused the Government of a “witchhunt” and “whitewash”– and bottling the last chance to save MG Rover and over 6,000 jobs at Longbridge.Read

MG Rover collapse report to be published Sep 11 2009

A long-awaited report into the collapse of Birmingham-based car giant MG Rover is being published, more than four years after the motor firm went out of business with the loss of thousands of jobs.Read

Lord Mandelson looks to ban Phoenix Four as directors Sep 11 2009

The Business Secretary was expected to move swiftly to launch director disqualification proceedings after the long-awaited report attacked the four men’s conduct at the helm at Longbridge. The inspectors concluded that John Towers, Nick Stephenson, Peter Beale and John Edwards were out for “personal gain” and were “out of their depth.”Read

Phoenix Four report 'a huge waste of cash', say former MG Rover workers Sep 11 2009

FORMER MG Rover workers passing Longbridge’s once bustling Q Gate reacted to the publication of the report with a mixture of resignation, bewilderment and apathy.Read

Phoenix Four report 'a huge waste of cash', say former MG Rover workers Sep 11 2009

FORMER MG Rover workers passing Longbridge’s once bustling Q Gate reacted to the publication of the report with a mixture of resignation, bewilderment and apathy.Read

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