CEA in talks with DTI after MG Rover collapses

The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) is in contact with the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) because of the potential fallout to the construction plant industry from the demise of MG Rover.
CEA chief executive Rob Oliver said the plant industry shares much of the same supply chain as the automotive sector.
"We are sensitive to the fact that there may be some detrimental effect to our members," he said.
"Hopefully, most suppliers will have diversified enough to have survived," Oliver said.
The CEA has met the Automotive Unit at the DTI and has sent out a request to all of its members, asking for feedback on the situation.
In a separate development, Phoenix Distribution, the UK distributor for the Indian-built Tata range of pick-ups and 4x4s and part of the MG Rover family, has gone in to receivership.