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MG Rover at Longbridge

Car dealers delighted with public response to new MG6

A month after the first MG6 rolled off the Longbridge production line dealers say the public could not have given it a better welcome.Read

Longbridge-made MG6 off to a flying start

Public response to the new MG6 has surpassed all expectation, according to its makers.Read

Directorship bans for Phoenix Four attacked for being 'a slap on the wrist'

The directorship bans handed out to four businessmen in charge of Longbridge-based MG Rover when it collapsed with the loss of thousands of jobs amount to no more than a "slap on the wrist", the former chairman of an influential business select committee has said.Read

Phoenix Four defiant after being banned from being company directors

The Phoenix Four remained defiant after the Government announced that the former MG Rover owners had agreed to be disqualified as directors for between three and six years.Read

Sun shines on Pride of Longbridge car show in Birmingham

A huge collection of MGs, Rovers, Austins and Minis lined up as the sun beat down on this year’s Pride of Longbridge car show, celebrating Birmingham's motor industry heritage. Read

Phoenix Four quit as directors of Phoenix Venture Holdings

THE Phoenix Four have resigned as directors of ill-fated MG Rover’s parent group – with no resolution to the Trust Fund saga in sight.Read

Phoenix Four spark row as MG production returns to Longbridge

Volume production is finally back on track at Longbridge – but the Phoenix Four say it could have happened six years ago but for “political chicanery.”Read

New MG6 rolls off Longbridge production line

A new MG car has rolled off the production line at Longbridge heralding what the company hopes will be a new era of manufacturing, six years after thousands of jobs were shed when the Birmingham factory closed. Read

New MG to roll off production line at Longbridge

A new MG car will roll off the production line at Longbridge - six years to the week after the West Midlands factory closed with the loss of 6,500 jobs.Read

New MG6 saloon unveiled by MG Motor UK at Longbridge

Longbridge’s Chinese owners have taken the wraps off a new £17,000 to £20,000 saloon car as the rebirth of the Birmingham car factory goes into over drive.Read

Former Longbridge workers to share £1m compensation payout

Nearly 80 ex-Longbridge workers have won up to £1 million after a seven-year battle following the world’s largest outbreak of occupational lung disease.Read

Mystery £23m claim on Longbridge Phoenix cash

More than £23 million raised from the remnants of the collapsed Longbridge Phoenix empire could lie untouched for years – because of a mystery Government claim.Read

Hi-tech design centre puts Longbridge back on UK motoring map

This is the face of 21st century car manufacturing – with more than 200 Longbridge engineers at the nerve centre of the relaunch of MG volume production in the UK.Read

Phoenix Four face £500m in claims from suppliers and contractors

MORE than 100 claims totalling a staggering £500 million-plus have been made against Phoenix Venture Holdings – delaying payouts of £2,500 each to former Longbridge workers.Read

MG Rover workers Trust Fund could be wiped out by HBOS claim

More than 6,000 former MG Rover workers will not receive a single penny from a Trust Fund pledged over five years ago by the Phoenix Four – if a “spurious” claim by HBOS succeeds.Read

Former Birmingham bishop attacks Phoenix Four for delay over payments

Former Bishop of Birmingham John Sentamu has launched a blistering attack on the Phoenix Four over continuing delays in trust fund payments to more than 6,000 former Rover workers.Read

Former MG Rover directors face demands to pay trust money

Former Rover directors are facing demands for the payment of a long-awaited trust fund to support their former workers, on the fifth anniversary of the Birmingham car-manufacturer’s closure.Read

Peter Mandelson close to taking legal action against Phoenix Four

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is on the verge of taking legal action against the ‘Phoenix Four’, who oversaw the collapse of MG Rover.Read

New MG6 to be built at Longbridge site in Birmingham

The first new MG for 14 years has gone on show in China – and by the end of next year the new car will be built on a production line at Longbridge.Read

Banks set for multi-million pound windfall from failed MG Rover

BANKS set to net a multi-million pound windfall from ashes of failed Birmingham car makers MG Rover should be made to contribute towards a fundRead