History : Rover CPS vehicles (Longbridge)
Our man Stuart Collins has been busy scanning the pictures he’s taken over the years while working at Longbridge. These photographs of Rover’s Company Protection Services (CPS) vehicles are absolutely […]
Our man Stuart Collins has been busy scanning the pictures he’s taken over the years while working at Longbridge. These photographs of Rover’s Company Protection Services (CPS) vehicles are absolutely […]
Craig Cheetham It may not be a name steeped in glamour, but as one of the stalwarts of the former BMC/BL empire, LDV was one of the hardiest survivors. Now […]
A variation on a theme of our popular Unsung Heroes section. This time we pay respect to what was once ‘The biggest selling and biggest sized van in the UK’. […]
They say Sherpa vans don’t quit… and neither do their drivers – well, here’s the proof. Vans from China’s biggest motor manufacturer are locked and loaded for launch in Australia […]
Ash Sutcliffe, China Car Times, 10th August, 2010 The LDV brand has a long history and not all of it is glorious. The brand’s roots date back to the Freight Rover vans sold under […]
Automotive News Europe, 23rd November, 2009 GUANGZHOU (Reuters) SAIC Motor plans to begin manufacturing its new MG6 sedan in the UK at the end of next year, the company said. SAIC […]
Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 18th September, 2009 Birmingham van-maker LDV is facing D-Day in its nine-month battle for survival – amid claims that more than 800 West Midland jobs may […]
Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 17th September, 2009 Malaysian group Weststar are still in the frame for Birmingham van-maker LDV – and a takeover deal could be sealed within a week. […]
David Bailey, Birmingham Post, 27th June, 2009 It was originally set up by the then DTI in 2005. Nearly four years and £16 million later, the DTI has had two […]
Birmingham Post, 19th June, 2009 A Welsh-based group of former Jaguar Land Rover executives is bidding to rescue LDV from extinction – with a pledge to keep jobs in Birmingham […]
Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 18th June, 2009 Hopes that LDV could rise from the ashes have risen with up to nine firms already throwing their hats in the ring for […]
Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 11th June, 2009 Insolvent van maker LDV is to reopen its gates today – just three days after going bust – to help hundreds of workers […]
John Cranage, Birmingham Post, 9th June, 2009 The tangled story of crashed vanmaker LDV took a new twist when it emerged that Malaysian company Weststar was bidding to buy the […]
Tom Scotney, Birmingham Post, 8th June, 2009 More than 800 people have lost their jobs at collapsed Birmingham van maker LDV after Administrators said they would be cutting back to a […]
Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 8th June, 2009 LDV today collapsed into administration following a six-month production standstill – putting 4,000 UK jobs at risk. An application by the Directors of […]
Birmingham Post, 5th June, 2009 Managers at van maker LDV have issued a last-ditch plea to the Government to help rescue the company or see thousands of jobs axed at […]
Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 5th June, 2009 LDV’s Russian owners GAZ Group say they have ‘exhausted all possibilities” in the fight to save the Birmingham van-maker in another apparent huge nail […]
Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 20th May, 2009 LDV workers are being paid two weeks’ wages this week after the company successfully withdrew its application for administration. The Washwood Heath van […]
Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 18th May, 2009 LDV is set to resume production by July following a last-ditch rescue of the Birmingham van company by Malaysian company Weststar. A takeover […]
Vicky Farncombe, Birmingham Post, 14th May, 2009 Months of agonising continues for hundreds of LDV workers after a hearing to place it into administration was adjourned again. Lawyers for the […]
Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 12th May, 2009 LDV staff began returning to work yesterday for the first time for months as hopes of a relaunch of production rose following the […]
Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 8th May, 2009 LDV bosses have set a target of less than a month to complete the Weststar take-over and save thousands of UK jobs. The […]
Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 7th May, 2009 Workers at van-maker LDV remain in the dark about their futures despite a last-minute £5 million loan from the Government. A court hearing originally […]
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