General Franco’s government this weekend approved the sale of British Leyland’s Spanish subsidiary, Authi, to General Motors. A high official of the Ministry of Industry reportedly said on Saturday night: […]
The team led by Sir Don Ryder which is to investigate British Leyland’s situation and prospects was named last night by Mr Wedgwood Benn, Secretary of State for Industry. The […]
By R. W. Shakespeare Assemblv workers at British Leyland’s Triumph car plant in Coventry, whose strike over lay-off pay stopped all production and made 11,000 workers idle, are to go […]
By Maurice Corina Industrial Editor Bankers’ guarantees up to a maximum of £50m will be offered to the British Leyland Motor Corporation and its subsidiaries by the Government under Section […]
Lord Stokes, the British Leyland chairman, yesterday issued a special appeal to workers for ‘some give and take” in future negotiations to help the company out of its difficulties. In […]
R. W. Shakespeare As British Leyland management began two days of talks yesterday with shop floor representatives about the financial crisis which led to government . intervention, the company’s labour […]
CAR SALES ON DOWNHILL RIDE The car sales dead-end into which British Leyland has driven is spotlighted by grim figures issued today. The firm’s sales nose dived to 27,212 last […]
DAILY EXPRESS STOKES: WE’RE NOT BUST By John Hampshire Lord Stokes, 60-year-old chief of cash starved British Leyland, flew back from Cairo last night with a £50 million contract in […]
THE OBSERVER by DAVID WILSON, our Labour Correspondent British Leyland could have survived without Government intervention but for one strike this month – the dispute at Standard Triumph in Coventry, […]
DAILY EXPRESS WHY CITY SAID NO TO LEYLAND CASH By John Roberts Has the City let down British Leyland? Has it failed to give well – deserved financial support to […]
By Maurice Corina Industrial Editor A consortium of bankers comprising Barclays, Lloyds, Midland, National Westminster and First National City is being asked by the Government to provide big additional sums […]
By R. W. Shakespeare Prospects of government intervention in British Leyland are generally welcomed by the car unions, which throughout this year have been increasingly worried by employment prospects. Since […]
Back in December 1974, and the unholy trinity of unending strikes, poor product decisions and a declining international economy did its worse for British Leyland, and forced a short-term government […]
DAILY EXPRESS BENN IN THE DRIVERS SEAT By Daniel McGeachie, David Buchan LORD STOKES flew abroad on another selling trip yesterday amid speculation about his future as head of British […]
DAILY EXPRESS ON THE DAY British Leyland’s cash- crisis came to a head, 4,000 workers at the firm’s Cowley plant demanded a £16-a-week rise. The claim , which would give […]
COLLAPSE OF A DREAM Government to take big holding in British Leyland as price of mounting cash rescue operation By Michael Hatfield Political Staff The Government is to take an […]
THE GUARDIAN CAR STRIKE ‘A CATASTROPHE’ By Geoffrey Whitely Strikers at the heart of the disputes which have stopped all output at the Triumph car plant in Coventry were warned […]
By Our Business News Staff A statement on British Leyland is expected in the Commons today, according to the Press Association political correspondent. Last night a Department of Industry spokesman […]
By R. W. Shakespeare Nearly 10,000 workers are idle because of labour disputes in the Midlands vehicle industry, Any hopes of early settlement receded yesterday as militant action was renewed. […]
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