Charles Morgan says he'll build his own Morgan cars Charles, the last member of the founding family working full time at the Malvern-based sports car maker, was sacked from holding company Morgan Technologies and subsidiaries Morgan Motor Co, Morgan 3 Wheeler and Aero Racing on October 14. Steve Morris, managing director of Morgan Technologies, admits that running the company with an estranged shareholder such as Charles "is challenging, but we are focused on building cars and the Company remains strong." "What we've been through is a pure employment issue between Charles Morgan and Morgan Technologies Ltd," he says. I would no more break confidence about this than if it concerned a guy on the shop floor. Charles has appealed against the decision to dismiss him and that appeal has been dismissed, so nothing has changed. He now has the obvious options of any employee in his circumstances. We have to date no notification of any formal action legal or otherwise from Charles Morgan and we will obviously keep an eye on his plans to make sure they don't cut across any of the Company's trademarks, for example. In the meantime, Morris says it is business as usual at the Malvern factory which employs 180 staff and builds about 1,200 cars a year. A fully re-engineered 2014 Three Wheeler has recently broken cover to coincide with the company's first-ever dealer conference, where all 65 dealers descended on Malvern. "The other shareholders and directors are disappointed that the situation is the way it is," says Morris, "however, we are all excited at the prospect of working together in future, with the wider team and a coherent management board."