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Jon Griffin: A depressing and inevitable footnote to MG Rover tale

Birmingham Post — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:59:00 GMT

A significant milestone will be reached in Midland industrial history at the end of this month - although you might be forgiven for not realising it.

Ex-Longbridge workers donate £20,000 to Acorns

Birmingham Post — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:35:00 GMT

Former Longbridge workers are to donate £20,000 to children’s charity Acorns – nearly eight years after the Phoenix Four pledged payouts to redundant employees.

MG Rover Trust Fund to be wound up without workers receiving a penny

Birmingham Post — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:45:00 GMT

The MG Rover Trust Fund is to be wound up after over seven years – without a penny going to 6,500 former workers forced out of Longbridge.

Deloitte fails to scrap charge in MG Rover misconduct trial

Birmingham Post — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:33:00 GMT

Deloitte will face a tribunal over all allegations about its work in the run up to MG Rover’s collapse as the fall-out from the collapse of the car giant refuses to go away.

Former Longbridge MG Rover workers set to receive just £3 compensation

Birmingham Post — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:50:00 GMT

About 6,500 former MG Rover workers at Longbridge are in line for just £3 each after a seven-year wait for compensation.

Former MG Rover staff 'shattered' after payout hopes are dashed

Birmingham Post — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:50:00 GMT

Campaigners claim former Longbridge workers will be “absolutely shattered” by the High Court’s rejection of a legal bid to claw back over £12 million for redundant employees.

Former MG Rover staff suffer blow in bid for payout

Birmingham Post — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:15:00 GMT

Thousands of former MG Rover employees have seen their hopes of a payout virtually wiped out by a High Court decision.

Jon Griffin: Small steps at MG have to be welcomed

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:05:00 GMT

It’s fairly safe to argue, nearly seven years after its closure as a volume car maker, that Longbridge remains Birmingham’s, and the wider West Midlands’, best known factory.

Longbridge MG Rover workers' wait for £12m payout goes on

Birmingham Post — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:48:00 GMT

The agonising wait for cash pledged to more than 6,500 former Longbridge workers nearly seven years ago is set to drag on.

MG Rover Longbridge cash battle reaches court

Birmingham Post — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:19:00 GMT

A preliminary hearing next Tuesday will decide whether MG Rover parent group Phoenix Venture Holdings can pursue its legal fight against banking giant HBOS.