On Friday 8 April 2005, Ian Powell, Tony Lomas and Rob Hunt were appointed joint administrators of MG Rover Limited, while Tony Lomas, Rob Hunt and Steven Pearson were appointed joint administrators of Powertrain Limited. Steven Pearson and Rob Hunt were also appointed joint administrators of MG Sport and Racing Limited on 12 April.

Tony Lomas, Steven Pearson and Rob Hunt, partners in PricewaterhouseCoopers, have today (18 April 2005) been appointed joint administrators of Phoenix Venture Motors Limited (“PVM”).

Around 5000 employees were made redundant on Friday 15th April, the rest are to stay to assist the receivers.

Two rally's in support of the MG Rover staff were held last week, Sundays involving a convoy of approximately 300 cars from Gaydon Motor Museum to Longbridge. Hundreds of Longbridge employees and their familes were there to meet the convoy of MG Rover supporters and enthusiasts, and it was a very emotional and memorable day. Click on this photo to see more pictures of the day.

Leda Suspension would like to express their thanks to MG Rover and particuarly MG Sport and Racing employees.