Archive for May, 1979
Archive : Cowley wizard will head Honda tie-up
THE GUARDIAN COWLEY WIZARD WILL HEAD HONDA TIE UP Mr Andrew Barr. a tough 41-year-old Scot, who ran BL’s Cowley assembly plant while it became one of Leyland’s most successful factories , has landed another important job. He is to be manufacturing director for Rover Triumph. His responsibilities will include the British version of the [...]
May 26, 1979
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Archive : Leyland Wage Deal
DAILY MIRROR Leyland Wage Deal By Terry Pattinson Leyland shop stewards gave the go-ahead yesterday for a parity pay deal which will mean rises of up to £12 a week for 45,000 workers. The 400 senior stewards meeting in Birmingham agreed to parity being introduced plant-by plant for workers who reach productivity targets. About half [...]
May 19, 1979
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Archive : Honda takes the wheel for new Triumph
DAILY EXPRESS HONDA TAKES THE WHEEL FOR NEW TRIUMPH By David Benson British Leyland and Japan’s Honda motor company are to join forces to produce a new Triumph car, it was disclosed yesterday. Japanese designed, it will have a Honda engine and transmission and be built on licence at Canley, Coventry. But pressings for the [...]
May 18, 1979
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Archive : Leyland ‘ignores factory theft racket’
DAILY EXPRESS LEYLAND ‘IGNORES FACTORY THEFT RACKET’ British Leyland was said yesterday to be letting pilfering employees “get away with it.”. A detective claimed that the State-owned cat firm wrote off a fixed amount each year for theft. He was giving evidence at Worcester Crown Court against six warehousemen who were said to have stolen [...]
May 11, 1979
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Archive : Delivery men’s threat
DAILY EXPRESS DELIVERY MEN’S THREAT Production of Austin Morris cars was threatened last night by a strike of delivery drivers. The dispute is at Cartransport, which delivers a third of the vehicles produced at the Cowley, Oxford, factory. The drivers have already turned down an offer, described by management as 25 per cent. Car transporter [...]
May 10, 1979
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Archive : UK General Election
The General Election brought to power Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative party which embraced the new free market philosophy. It therefore became more imperative that BL became a viable concern, independent of state aid.
May 3, 1979
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