Botched software rollout blows £3.9m hole in London taxi maker's accounts

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Company blames new supply-chain management and accounting system

Manganese Bronze, the maker of the iconic black London taxi cab, has reported a £3.9m hole in its accounts caused, it says, by a software fault in its accounting systems. As a result, it has put...

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