China car firm backs away from Rover
15/04/2005 - 12:40:52Thousands of MG Rover car workers were today facing redundancy after hopes of a proposed deal with a Chinese partner finally collapsed.
The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation told the British government that it was not willing to acquire any part of MG Rover as a going concern.
Tony Woodley, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, said his “worst fears” had been realised, leaving 6,000 workers at the MG Rover factory in Longbridge, Birmingham, and 18,000 in supplier firms facing a “bleak future”.
Administrators brought in a week ago to try to rescue MG Rover said “significant redundancies” will now be made.
