John Towers (businessman) ground until it finally collapsed with the loss of 6,500 jobs. PVH gave members of management "unreasonably large" payouts, a government-commissioned report found, which were "out of all proportion". Towers awarded himself £8.958m whilst many employees lost their lifetime jobs - leaving with nothing. Nanjing Automobile subsequently brought MG out of administration, but have since moved production to China. John Towers (businessman) John Towers CBE (born 30 March 1948) is an English businessman, who was the owner and managing director of MG Rover Group from 2000 until the company entered administration in 2005. This followed a succession of senior appointments
Alfred John Stephenson Alfred John Stephenson Alfred John Stephenson (1845–1914) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Alfred John Stephenson was born on 15 November 1845 at Pimlico, London, England, the son of John Stephenson and his wife Martha. He attended a Birkbeck school and then a private academy. At age 15, he left England and came to Ipswich, Queensland. Stephenson was apprenticed as printer on the "North Australian" newspaper published in Ipswich. In 1877 he became one of the proprietors of the "Queensland Times". He served