Archive for December, 1979

Archive : 1979 from the National Archives

Robert Taylor investigates recently released Cabinet papers that document the end of the 1974-79 Labour Government The newly-opened state archives for 1979 reveal in depressing detail the agonies of the last few months of a Labour Government as it crumbled to trade union militancy in the ‘winter of discontent’ as well as the harsh, brash [...]

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Archive : BL seals pact for Japanese to produce first car in Britain

BL seals pact for Japanese to produce first car in Britain From our Correspondent Tokyo, Dec 27 BL and Honda today ratified an agreement under which a Japanese car will be produced in the United Kingdom for the first time. Terms of the agreement, signed by Sir Michael Edwardes and Mr Kiyoshi Kawashima, president of [...]

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Archive : Buy British

DAILY EXPRESS BUY BRITISH By Peter Durisch Leyland chief Sir Michael Edwardes left Britain over Christmas with a special messagefor motorists , Buy British. He made the appeal as he prepared to board a plane for Tokyo to finalise a deal with Honda. Sir Michael appealed to buyers to support the British car industry, pointing [...]

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Archive : Government to provide up to £300m for BL

British Leyland is to be granted a further £300m of state aid next year, with £133m to follow if the vehicle group’s performance improves. The Government appears to have been persuaded by Sir Michael Edwardes that the company should be given a last chance. Survival not certain, Sir Keith says By Edward Townsend The Government [...]

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Archive : Bu British drive for Leyland boost

DAILY EXPRESS BUY BRITISH DRIVE FOR LEYLAND BOOST By David Benson An aggressive campaign to ‘Buy British’ is to be launched by Leyland next month. The £2 million drive will emphasise how BL cars can beat imports on economy, the price of parts and insurance rates. Sales chief Mr Tony Ball said in London last [...]

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Archive : Killing Leyland with kindness

Killing Leyland with kindness Michael Grylls MP MPs of all parties admire the achievements of Sir Michael Edwardes, chairman of British Leyland. He has brought back respect for management and he has cut over-manning by 18,000 jobs. But he has still to prove that he can run a profitable motor car company. If the public [...]

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Archive : ‘I’ll shut car plant’, Red Derek

DAILY EXPRESS I’LL SHUT CAR GIANT , RED DEREK Sacked Communist shop steward Derek Robinson yesterday spelt out his plans to shut down British Leyland unless he is reinstated . “Red Derek” told 1,000 cheering delegates at the students conference “We intend Longbridge to come to a stop. Nothing will move in or out of [...]

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Archive : BL to lay off 4000 men at Rover Solihull

BL to lay off 4,000 men at Rover Solihull By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent The first substantial cutback in production by British Leyland for more than two years is to begin at Rover Solihull next week when 4,000 men are laid off for three weeks because of unsold stocks of Rover saloons. When they [...]

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Archive : Stewards call for mass BL lobby

Stewards call for mass BL lobby By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent Shop stewards in the Midlands have called for a mass lobby by British Leyland workers tomorrow morning outside the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers’ hall in Birmingham, where a three- man executive inquiry by the AUEW will be opened into the dismissal [...]

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Archive : Robinson rebuffs Edwardes

BL management From Mr Geoffrey Robinson. MP for Coventry North West (Labour) Sir, In view of certain innuendoes I feel a reply is required to Sir Michael Edwardes’ letter (November 30) – I am not clear what he means by saying that I had a first hand involvement in many of the company’s problems when [...]

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