The Closure of MG Rover
The National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned Ipsos to conduct qualitative research to understand the perspectives of former employees about the support and information they received from central government funded public bodies following the closure of MG Rover. The research provides an insight into the reactions of 38 people who have had to deal with the wide ranging financial and social implications of being made redundant at very short notice. The NAO's wider study on the closure of MG Rover was taken as evidence by the Public Accounts Committee on 20 March 2006.
Perspectives of former employees on the support provided by public agencies
The National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned Ipsos to conduct qualitative research to understand the perspectives of former employees about the support and information they received from central government funded public bodies following the closure of MG Rover. The research provides an insight into the reactions of 38 people who have had to deal with the wide ranging financial and social implications of being made redundant at very short notice. The NAO's wider study on the closure of MG Rover was taken as evidence by the Public Accounts Committee on 20 March 2006.
Technical details
Ipsos conducted this qualitative piece of research between September and November 2005.
The research involved nine group discussions with former employees in Birmingham and the surrounding areas. In total 38 former MG Rover employees who had a variety of job roles at MG Rover from shop floor to sales and management positions, were involved in this research. The intention was to divide participants into three broad categories -- unemployed, in training and in work -- with three discussion groups held in each category. However, in practice there was often a degree of mixing between the three categories within individual groups.
- The full report published by the National Audit Office is available on its website (archived).
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