John Towers (businessman) Industry Corporation (SAIC). Towers was heavily criticised for his role in the company's demise, and the Phoenix Consortium's conduct relating to Rover Group was initially referred to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), although after initial investigations the SFO concluded that no further action would be taken. Following publication of a government report into the failure of MG Rover, Towers - along with the other directors of Phoenix - have been disqualified from holding any company office in the United Kingdom or have undertaken not to do so. Towers, together with the other members of PVH, ran MG Rover into the
Peter and Gunvor Edwards illustrations were of some inspiration to Edgar Hodges in his illustrations of the 1979 and 1980 annuals. Peter and Gunvor Edwards Peter Edwards (1934 - 2017) and Gunvor Edwards (1934 - 2014) were two Swedish/English impressionistic artists who illustrated several of the Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry from 1963 to 1972. Gunvor died at the age of eighty on 23 April 2014 after a battle with dementia, and Peter died at the age of eighty-three on 3 April 2017 from cancer. They illustrated the books: After John T. Kenney resigned from the Railway Series due to failing