From todays' Business section of the DT -
Hewitt and Byers are to be hauled in front of an influential committee of MP's to explain their roles in the collapse of Rover. Peter Luff MP, chairman of the trade and industry committee also said that the Phoenix Four would probably be asked to give evidence when hearings start after Easter.
Maybe this will draw a line under the whole sorry saga and the coffin of Rover can finally be laid to rest.
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The thing I canot understand was why the goverment finaced it for a week even though all options had failed.
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My view is that they were wanting to keep the lame duck limping along a bit longer until after the general election. But no doubt all will come out in the wash, as they say.
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" The thing I canot understand was why the goverment finaced it for a week even though all options had failed."
It was a week until the General Elections of course!
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Who were they trying to kid ? dont bother to answer!
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It's good to see because it was a crying shame about Rover. I read a good story today at pepconsultancy.com -- they seem remarkably up-to-date with car news there -- and I'd forgotten some of the history behind the MG Rover saga. So many people made dodgy money out of it and it's a crying shame to see it in the state it's in. Let's just hope Longbridge will be up and running soon.
Another good story at pepconsultancy.com is one about Reg Vardy -- anybody else been keeping up-to-date with this?! It's a great news piece, with Lookers stealing in at the last minute! Read the story at the website I mentioned, if you haven't heard what has been going on. Pendragon must be livid!
Anyway, I half agree with Xileno ... it would be nice to see Rover resting in peace, but it would also be great to see her back on the road with a few new models. I nice new MG from the Longbridge plant would be good!
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Rover - Ministers to be grilled
can i have a leg?
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"Let's just hope Longbridge will be up and running soon."
U what? It's dead. It will be a retail park within the year.
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Presumably it will be a Rover grille...:-)
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John Prescott would benefit from being put in a "lean mean fat reducing grilling machine"!
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L\'escargot.
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Not to mention the rest of country! Failing that he could ten rounds with the inventor, all proceeds to charity of course.
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Not to mention the rest of country! Failing that he could ten rounds with the inventor, all proceeds to charity of course.
What about tying him to the bonnet of Clarkson's Escort Cosworth and letting Jeremy take him for a spin around Brands?
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Just as long as you don't want the brains...
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Putting Rover to one side for a moment, how many more plugs for a certain training consultancy are we going to have from CarCrazy? The news on this website isn't 'remarkably up to date' - it's rehashed from other sources.
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Putting Rover to one side for a moment, how many more plugs for a certain training consultancy are we going to have from CarCrazy? The news on this website isn't 'remarkably up to date' - it's rehashed from other sources.
:^D Agreed, and what in the hell is this meant to mean
PEP is a training and consultancy company with a focus on performance improvement. Working within the motor and leisure industries, we offer a unique blend of bespoke training and consultancy programmes that can be blended seamlessly into your business processes.
Management pap at it's finest.
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>> Putting Rover to one side for a moment, how many more >> plugs for a certain training consultancy are we going to have >> from CarCrazy? The news on this website isn't 'remarkably up to >> date' - it's rehashed from other sources. :^D Agreed, and what in the hell is this meant to mean PEP is a training and consultancy company with a focus on performance improvement. Working within the motor and leisure industries, we offer a unique blend of bespoke training and consultancy programmes that can be blended seamlessly into your business processes. Management pap at it's finest.
im glad you said this as that went through my mind as i read it but.......... as im new i wasnt sure, the fact that the place is nearly gutted now and tesco.......?are about to build on the site was a bit of a giveway for me ? the posts are made but news is old in my opinion.........sorry
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The government should not have let their "old boys club" mates, ie the Pheonix four, get Rover in the first place, as all they ever intended to do was asset strip its wounded carcase and cast the empty husk aside as they did. I dont believe even OUR governemt can have been naive enough to actually believe these guys genuinely wanted to revitalise what could have been a great auto manufacturer.
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