John Towers (businessman) Nick Stephenson and John Edwards, Towers formed Phoenix Venture Holdings (PVH) which bought Rover Group for £10 in April 2000. In addition they also bought the Studley Castle, a conference hotel. They subsequently purchased Midland Powertrain, MG Rover's engine plant from BMW for £20. Finally, for £50 along with an undisclosed sum from the Royal Bank of Scotland, they purchased Rover Capital, (now MG Rover Capital) a book of Rover car loans. Kevin Howe was appointed MG Rover's Managing Director in July 2000. In April 2005, MG Rover went into administration, following the collapse of takeover talks with Shanghai Automotive
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