The UK has a successful automotive industry – but we must build a long-term framework for growth On Sunday, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone was won in a Red Bull, one of the eight F1 teams based here in the UK. And whilst I don’t want to take anything away from Mark Webber’s Australian pedigree, he too lives here in Britain. The UK is also home to seven volume car manufacturers, six...
Today I was in Longbridge to watch the first new MG6 roll off the production line. This is a real milestone for Longbridge and for the automotive industry in the West Midlands.
Longbridge has been through dark days. Nobody around here will forget how it felt, six years ago this week, when the MG Rover plant closed its doors for the last time and over 6,000 people lost their jobs.
Richard Burden MP joined Government Minister Mike O’Brien MP and other guests on Tuesday 29th May when it was announced that the production of MGs will restart at the Longbridge factory in his constituency. The MG marque is now owned by Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC) and tomorrow’s ceremony will be attended by senior officials from NAC and by Liang Bao Hua, the Governor of Jiangsu province...