Four-year probe into MG Rover collapse costs £15m - MG-Rover.org Forums

mjt · 18-04-2009, 21:26

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/5179...costs-15m.html

pitkin03 · 18-04-2009, 22:01

nice find not surprising though the government loving wasting our money

SteveChilds · 18-04-2009, 23:07

I'm waiting for the inquiry into the inquiry.

Repo · 18-04-2009, 23:31

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It was rumoured four years ago that Tony Blair, then the Prime Minister, and Patricia Hewitt, then the Trade and Industry Secretary, were keen to bail out Rover with a loan, but this was scuppered by Gordon Brown, then the Chancellor, and his senior aides.

What's brown and stinks like...

SteveChilds · 18-04-2009, 23:35

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Originally Posted by RepoUK

What's brown and stinks like...

To be fair, alot of these are 'rumours', there's a rumour for just about everything!

Woolleysox · 22-04-2009, 12:36

I am sure It will be the usual cover up. I cannot see how they can justify paying out that amount of cash for just a simple enquiry. The big question will they be recovering any money from the failed Managment?

best wishes woolleysox

maleercan · 22-04-2009, 15:53

They could have given all 6000 Rover employees an extra £2500 each instead of blowing £15M to try and cover up they complete balls-up.

N1&EPR · 22-04-2009, 16:44

Hugely sad that the company was let go down the way it did. Heartbreaking.

For me though, the blame can be placed firmly at the door of the owners. BMW ploughed millions in, and sold the company with both cash in the bank, a decent infrastructure and quality system, and yet a few years later look at the hole it was in.

4 certain people got rich in all that. You can guess who they are.

kipper9999 · 22-04-2009, 19:17

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Originally Posted by maleercan

They could have given all 6000 Rover employees an extra £2500 each instead of blowing £15M to try and cover up they complete balls-up.

considering i was one of the 6000 above,i would absolutely agree with your thoughts considering we all recieved the statatory minimum payments

please write directly to the PM and ask if he can backdate it !!

will go nicely towards a mark 2 zt-t when the time comes to sell mine

Carl · 22-04-2009, 19:26

if the said 15m was given to MGR it would have helped a lot more than an enquiry will - not like its gonna stop it happening again - we dont have a car industry to go bust again

geordie75 · 22-04-2009, 20:47

With talk of the collapseof MGR, I came across these, I don't know if they've been on before but may be of interest to you Rover/MG fans. There's some more here.

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mjt Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cambridge Car: '99 75 Club SE 2L V6 Posts: 552	Four-year probe into MG Rover collapse costs £15m http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/5179...costs-15m.html

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Woolleysox Supporter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: west midlands Car: ZT-T SE 260 Pearlescent Black Posts: 353	I am sure It will be the usual cover up. I cannot see how they can justify paying out that amount of cash for just a simple enquiry. The big question will they be recovering any money from the failed Managment?best wishes woolleysox

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18-04-2009, 22:01	#2
pitkin03 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Barnstaple, N.Devon Car: Astra 2.0DTi Posts: 542	nice find not surprising though the government loving wasting our money

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maleercan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: York Car: Rover 75 Club SE CDT Posts: 197	They could have given all 6000 Rover employees an extra £2500 each instead of blowing £15M to try and cover up they complete balls-up.

22-04-2009, 16:44	#8
N1&EPR Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Scotland, sometimes. Car: MG ZTT Posts: 683	Hugely sad that the company was let go down the way it did. Heartbreaking. For me though, the blame can be placed firmly at the door of the owners. BMW ploughed millions in, and sold the company with both cash in the bank, a decent infrastructure and quality system, and yet a few years later look at the hole it was in. 4 certain people got rich in all that. You can guess who they are.

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geordie75 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Jarrow, Tyne and Wear Car: Rover 75 Classic 1.8 Manual Petrol 53 Posts: 52	With talk of the collapseof MGR, I came across these, I don't know if they've been on before but may be of interest to you Rover/MG fans. There's some more here.

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