New cars leaving the Longbridge Rover factory in Birmingham. Unions representing thousands of workers for the car giant are seeking assurances that their jobs are safe after German owner BMW refused to deny a report that it is to sell its factories. * including the huge Longbridge plant. Unions have warned 50,000 jobs would be lost throughout the West Midlands if Longbridge closed. 28/10/2004 Troubled Midlands-based car company MG Rover, whose sales have slumped of late, was Thursday 28 October 2004 expected to announce a third successive year of losses. Parent company Phoenix Venture Ho

New cars leaving the Longbridge Rover factory in Birmingham. Unions representing thousands of workers for the car giant are seeking assurances that their jobs are safe after German owner BMW refused to deny a report that it is to sell its factories. * including the huge Longbridge plant. Unions have warned 50,000 jobs would be lost throughout the West Midlands if Longbridge closed. 28/10/2004 Troubled Midlands-based car company MG Rover, whose sales have slumped of late, was Thursday 28 October 2004 expected to announce a third successive year of losses. Parent company Phoenix Venture Ho Stock Photo
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PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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2D30PKA

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1144 x 1434 px | 19.4 x 24.3 cm | 7.6 x 9.6 inches | 150dpi

Date taken:

15 March 2000

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Rui Vieira

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New cars leaving the Longbridge Rover factory in Birmingham. Unions representing thousands of workers for the car giant are seeking assurances that their jobs are safe after German owner BMW refused to deny a report that it is to sell its factories. * including the huge Longbridge plant. Unions have warned 50, 000 jobs would be lost throughout the West Midlands if Longbridge closed. 28/10/2004 Troubled Midlands-based car company MG Rover, whose sales have slumped of late, was Thursday 28 October 2004 expected to announce a third successive year of losses. Parent company Phoenix Venture Holdings was likely to be reporting that the company made losses of some 70 million in 2003, compared with a 95 million loss in 2002.

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