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
John A. Edwards Bar in 1983 and became a Senior Counsel in 1998. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. John A. Edwards John Andrew Edwards (born 9 November 1958) is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the Court of Appeal since November 2014. He previously served as a Judge of the High Court from 2007 to 2014. Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeal, he was a judge of the Irish High Court from 2007 where he was in charge of the High Court Extradition and European Arrest Warrant list since 2011. He