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Month: December 1974

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Archive : BLMC gets Spanish approval for Authi sale

23 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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: […]

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Archive : Ryder Report team named

19 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Triumph car strikers accept compromise

18 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : £50m short-term aid for British Leyland

14 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Lord Stokes issues a plea

11 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : 1000 men vote to stay out as Leyland crisis talks begin

10 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Car sales on downhill ride

8 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Stokes – we’re not bust

8 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Last strike that broke Stokes’ back

8 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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, […]

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Archive : Why City said no to Leyland cash

7 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Bankers are asked to give car group immediate financial aid

7 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Ministers likely to face call for worker directors at Leyland

7 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Lord Stokes in 1968 - the prospects looked so bright at the beginning of the adventure
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Archive : Stricken empire of a car giant

7 December 1974 Keith Adams 2

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 […]

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Archive : Benn in the driver’s seat

7 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Leyland Men Seek £16 rise

7 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Collapse of a dream

7 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive Car strike ‘a catastrophe’

6 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Statement in House on British Leyland

6 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : The Triumph dispute rumbles on and on

5 December 1974 Keith Adams 0

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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