The chances of car production ever resuming at MG Rover looked bleak today as administrators to the collapsed company made it clear they were running out of time to achieve a rescue deal.

Administrators to collapsed car giant MG Rover are talking to five companies interested in buying parts of the business and there was an "outside possibility" that some form of production could resume at the giant Longbridge plant, it was announced today.

Thousands of workers at MG Rover were today awaiting the inevitable arrival of their redundancy notices following the collapse of the carmaker.

Thousands of MG Rover car workers were today facing redundancy after hopes of a proposed deal with a Chinese partner finally collapsed.

The prospects of saving MG Rover looked doomed today after Shanghai Automotive was understood to have decided not to continue talks aimed at securing the UK carmaker’s future.

THOUSANDS of workers at ailing car giant MG Rover were sent home on full pay yesterday and were left in no doubt that the chances of a deal to secure their future were slim.

Thousands of workers at ailing British car giant MG Rover were sent home on full pay today and were left in no doubt that the chances of a deal to secure their future were slim.

NEGOTIATIONS to revive a rescue package for MG Rover are continuing as administrators continue to scrutinise the stricken company’s books.

British Chancellor Gordon Brown today indicated that claims MG Rover bosses made millions may be part of a future investigation into the ailing car group.

Administrators at the collapsed MG Rover car group are seeking to reopen discussions with Chinese manufacturers SAIC to revive a deal which could keep the company’s Longbridge plant open, it was confirmed today.

The British Prime Minister tonight held out fresh hopes that a rescue deal can be agreed to save thousands of jobs being lost at car giant MG Rover.

The pensions of thousands of workers facing redundancy at car giant MG Rover will be protected thanks to new measures which only came into force on Wednesday, experts said today.

A €580 million pension black hole could scupper a rescue deal for ailing car group MG Rover, it emerged yesterday.

Car giant Rover today unveiled plans to appoint more dealers in the New Year and signalled price cuts and product improvements in a bid to reverse disappointing sales.

MG Rover, Britain’s last big car maker, is on the brink of a merger with the Chinese, the company confirmed today.

MG Rover has entered into a strategic relationship with China’s biggest car manufacturer, it emerged today.