Archive for October, 1998
Archive : Longbridge detracts from Rover 75 launch
PR WEEK MEDIA: What The Papers Say – Longbridge detracts from Rover 75 launch IAN DARBY, PR Week UK, 30 October 1998, 00:00am Just after Rover’s new 75 saloon was launched, the company and its owner BMW, began negotiating with the unions over the future of its Longbridge plant – the site where the model [...]
October 30, 1998
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Archive : Minor happy returns, Morris
OXFORD MAIL Minor happy returns, Morris BMW could ship in up to 150 senior managers from Germany to turn round troubled Rover. Although prospects are bright at Cowley, with the launch of the R75 and other models in the pipeline, the Longbridge plant in Birmingham faces heavy job losses and possible closure. As enthusiasts today [...]
October 27, 1998
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Archive : Rover seeks another gear
THE INDEPENDENT Rover seeks an extra gear The car maker sits with Skoda at the foot of the productivity league. David Brierley looks at the tough action needed to turn things round David Brierley THE BIRMINGHAM Motor Show opened its doors last week to reveal two spanking new British cars: the Jaguar S-Type and the [...]
October 25, 1998
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Archive : It is high time for Rover and Jaguar to show they can design for the future
THE INDEPENDENT It is high time for Rover and Jaguar to show they can design for the future Gavin Green ROVER DIDN’T so much shoot itself in the foot at the Birmingham Show this week, as blast off both legs with a sawn-off shotgun. The British maker is renowned for clutching defeat from the jaws [...]
October 24, 1998
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Archive : Cowley factory sets pattern for Rover
OXFORD MAIL Cowley factory sets pattern for Rover A revolution in working practices by Rover workers at Cowley will be the price of survival for the giant Longbridge plant in Birmingham. That’s the simple message to the Midlands as the car giant announced it was to shed 2,400 jobs in Britain. BMW, Rover’s owner, wants [...]
October 22, 1998
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Archive : Outlook – Rover
THE INDEPENDENT Outlook: Rover SIR DICK EVANS, the chairman of British Aerospace, once confided how he wakes up every morning, looks in the mirror, and thanks God that BAe no longer owns Rover. The man he sold the business to, Bernd Pischetsrieder of BMW, woke up on Tuesday morning and decided that he too had [...]
October 22, 1998
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Archive : Rover Talks With Government
Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Mandelson is having crisis talks with bosses of ailing car firm Rover to discuss the company’s future. Union officials were told yesterday that 2,400 jobs must go at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham to reduce costs. There are also fears that production of the new mini will be switched to [...]
October 22, 1998
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Archive : Longbridge – A cog in the works
Have Rover workers been shown a red light? The Rover factory stands like a citadel on the southern edge of Birmingham, creating a border between the city and the rolling Worcestershire countryside. The factory is surrounded by a mixture of middle-class areas of full employment and concrete tower blocks and council estates. Of the 39,000 [...]
October 22, 1998
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Archive : BMW wants state aid to save Rover plant
THE INDEPENDENT BMW wants state aid to save Rover plant Michael Harrison BMW DISCLOSED last night that it is seeking a Government aid package coupled with severe cuts in labour costs to safeguard the future of Rover’s giant Longbridge car plant in Birmingham. Production of the new Mini could be switched to the Cowley plant [...]
October 21, 1998
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Archive : Rover launch spells start of boom
Rover launch spells start of boom The new Rover 75 was launched today heralding the start of a series of new models promising prosperity and long-term security to Cowley. Hundreds of new jobs are expected in the next few years, on top of the 1,000 being created by the launch of today’s luxury car. The [...]
October 20, 1998
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Archive : Car firms pin hopes on new models
THE INDEPENDENT Car firms pin hopes on new models By Philip Thornton THE MOTOR industry will try to dispel the gloom caused by global economic turmoil when the United Kingdom’s biggest motor show opens today at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham. Ford, Rover and Jaguar, three of the largest foreign-owned car-makers with plants in [...]
October 20, 1998
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Archive : The New Rover 75 – One Of Britain’s Fine Cars
ROVER GROUP PRESS RELEASE The British International Motor Show sees the world debut of one of the most important new cars to be launched in Britain for many years – the new Rover 75. It is an all-new, luxurious British saloon car engineered with style and substance, a car of character and individuality. THE NEW [...]
October 20, 1998
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Archive : Rover’s new car and old job fears
BMW has warned that further job cuts may be in the offing at its Rover subsidiary in the UK. The comments take some of the gloss off the launch of Rover’s new R75 executive saloon at the Birmingham International Motor Show, coming on the same day. Rover says its new car displays “pure sex appeal” [...]
October 20, 1998
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Archive : Rover has no comment over jobs
OXFORD MAIL Rover has no comment over jobs Rover is refusing to comment on reports that parent company BMW is threatening to axe 2,000 jobs, freeze pay and demand that workers sign tough new flexibility agreements. Rover is already cutting 1,500 jobs, many at its Longbridge factory in Birmingham, which employs 14,000 of Rover’s 40,000 [...]
October 19, 1998
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Archive : Jaguar to lead Ford expansion
THE INDEPENDENT Jaguar to lead Ford expansion By DAVID BRIERLEY JAGUAR is to lead Ford’s worldwide expansion. That is the ambitious plan of Jac Nasser, who becomes Ford president and chief executive in January. Speaking at the Paris Motor Show, Mr Nasser proclaimed that the new S-Type would help to lift annual production at Jaguar [...]
October 4, 1998
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Archive : Rover confirms shutdown
BBC NEWS Business: The Company File Rover confirms shutdown UK car manufacturer Rover says it will halt production at its Longbridge plant in Birmingham on December 14. The move raises fears of further job losses at the group but unions said they would take “pragmatic approach” to the crisis. Rover Chairman, Walter Hasselkus, said in [...]
October 1, 1998
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