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MG to enter British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

Birmingham-made MG is returning to the racing circuit – entering two cars in this year’s British Touring Car Championship.

MG Rover ends production in Birmingham until next spring

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:13:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:50:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT

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.

MG Rover: Former workers reveal life on the breadline

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:30:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:50:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:40:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:57:00 GMT

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.

MG Rover: Phoenix Four profiles

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:02:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:05:00 GMT

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.

Mandelson calls on Phoenix Four to show some humility

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:56:00 GMT

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.

MG Rover report: Four slated for Rover collapse

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:23:00 GMT

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”.

MG Rover: The collapse of a giant in numbers

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:02:00 GMT

INTERACTIVE FEATURE: The MG Rover collapse in numbers

MG Rover report: Response from Phoenix Four

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:01:00 GMT

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

MG Rover report: Phoenix Four accuse Government of "witchhunt"

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:01:00 GMT

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.

MG Rover collapse report to be published

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:49:00 GMT

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.

Lord Mandelson looks to ban Phoenix Four as directors

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

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.”

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

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

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.