Mann & Overton Carbodies had built Mann & Overton's Austin taxis since 1948. Manganese Bronze Holdings had absorbed Carbodies Limited with portions of the former Birmingham Small Arms Company in 1973. Taxis became Manganese Bronze's core business carried out under the name "The London Taxi Company". The London Taxi Company continued the business of Mann & Overton and Carbodies until 2013 when production problems and consequent financial difficulties brought a halt to production.<br>There are plans to revive the business under the ownership of Geely UK Limited. Mann & Overton Mann & Overton Limited owned and operated a motor vehicle dealers business previously known
Nutopia (production company) according to "The Guardian", the production company set out with the aim of producing and selling large-scale documentaries for the United States cable market. In 2009, Nutopia brokered a deal with The History Channel to create "". It was one of the first productions by Nutopia, which according to "The Guardian" cost three times the average budget an hour. Over the next two years, the production company grew to a core staff of 15 and had an annual turnover of £15 million. In 2012, Nutopia released another series in "The Story of Us" format titled, "Mankind: The Story of All