Just over 50 years ago, the first Mini came off the conveyor at Longbridge, and became one of the world’s greatest examples of efficient engineering in a small package.Read
Longbridge is being consigned to history after more than 100 years – with a multi-million pound Chinese makeover to turn the site into the nerve centre of MG design worldwide.Read
The designer who helped create the Mini has described the demise of manufacturing in the Midlands as a “terrible tragedy” and called on the education system to do more to promote practical engineering innovation among a new generation of designers.Read
Work has begun on a landmark college building in Birmingham which is also playing a key part in the regeneration of the south of the city, Education Correspondent Tony Collins reports.Read
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
The Chinese businesswoman named in the MG Rover report as ex-director Nick Stephenson’s lover has bought LDV’s assets – and looks set to move the operation to Longbridge.Read
The Phoenix Four have hit back at the “salacious tittle-tattle” exposed by the MG Rover inquiry after Chinese businesswoman Qu Li emerged as a potential buyer for LDV.Read
Advantage West Midlands has launched an investigation into the money it paid developer St Modwen to cover what was described as a ‘bribe’ in the purchase of the Longbridge site.Read
