Norton Motorcycles
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Norton Motorcycles announces appointment of Chief Technology Officer Brian Gillen
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Norton Motorcycles, part of the TVS Motor Company Group, today announced the appointment of Brian Gillen as Chief Technology Officer. Brian joins with a wealth of experience from Magneti Marelli and, most recently, MV Agusta, where he had a long stint of 15+ years and last held the position of R&D Director. Brian is an…
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Test ride a Norton – from your house
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Norton’s new service aims to make it a doddle to test ride the new Commandos. Here’s how: The resurgent British firm has just announced a cool new service which offers the chance to get a brand-new £16,499 Commando 961 Sport or £16,999 Commando Café Racer straight to your door for a test ride. Since being…
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Norton Motorcycles sets out vision for the future with immersive event, Unlocking Modern Luxury
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Norton Motorcycles invited a selection of esteemed guests to Unlocking Modern Luxury, an immersive event at its headquarters in Solihull, to celebrate the brand’s vision for the future. The event saw Norton Motorcycles welcome keynote speaker Professor Gerry McGovern, Chief Creative Officer at Jaguar Land Rover, with Lisa Gregg, Founder of LivingxLG, hosting proceedings that promised…
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Norton Motorcycles launch re-engineered V4SV – the definitive British superbike
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V4SV is a stunning homage to Norton’s 100-year racing prowess and success at the Isle of Man TT – imagined on the track, born on the roa -Only British designed and built superbike available -Built at the new multi-million-pound headquarters in Solihull -Full specification of bike revealed, priced at £44,000 -Manufacturer will focus on fulfilling…
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Norton Motorcycles: Stuart Garner ordered to return missing £14 million pension fund
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The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled that ex-Norton boss Stuart Garner acted ‘dishonestly’ – and ordered him to repay an estimated £14 million in pension contributions. An investigation took place after 30 members of three retirement funds which Garner set up and ran revealed he had repeatedly failed to return their funds when they were due.…
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TVS appoints interim CEO at Norton Motorcycles. And he’s a former BOSS at Harley-Davidson and Land Rover.
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Following TVS snapping up the Norton brand in a £16 million deal, the Indian automotive giant has announced that its new interim CEO is John Russell, formerly of Harley-Davidson and Land Rover. Russell has previously served as both Vice President and Managing Director for Harley-Davidson Europe – and before that he was Managing Director of…
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RUMOURS: TVS Motor looks to BUY Norton brand.
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Following the demise of Donington-based Norton Motorcycles, a handful of buyers have come forward to express an interest in snapping up the brand. TVS Motor is one of them. According to Bloomberg, there have been numerous purchase requests – but only eight will be able to move onto the next phase of the buyout. No…
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Norton collapse: MPs raise question over pensions scheme
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Questions have been raised in parliament over whether regulators should have got involved sooner in investigating the pension scheme set up by Norton Motorcycles and Stuart Garner. Norton owner Garner was a trustee of three pension schemes all of which were linked to the motorcycle company. And now MPs from the Work and Pensions Committee…
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Norton Motorcycles collapse. More information comes to light.
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Following last week’s news that Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration, more information has come to light which indicates that the latest collapse of the iconic British brand was a long time coming. -Metro Bank has confirmed it has spent months working with Norton to find a solution before bringing in the administrators as…
