They were Bill Haden of Ford and later boss of Jaguar Bill Davis, ex-BMC, then head of BLMC corporate manufacturing David Andrews, head of Austin Morris power and transmissions division […]
DAILY EXPRESS By Frank Thorne and Brian Cashinella Sacked British Leyland boss John Barber is the “scapegoat” in the Governments’ £2,800 million rescue plan for the ailing car firm, his […]
Mr John Barber, managing director, whose job disappears in the restructuring when Mr Alex Park, Leyland’s financial director, takes, over the new role of chief executive, said last night that […]
By David Young and Penny Symon After what was probably the last meeting of the British Leyland board in its present form had ended at 6 pm yesterday, senior management […]
Sweeping changes ahead for giant motor group The Government is to take over British Leyland, the giant motor manufacturing company. Speculation about the group’s future.was ended in the Commons yesterday […]
David Benson LORD STOKES was never in favour of the Harold Wilson inspired merger of British Motor Holdings and Leyland Triumph that formed British Leyland. Once it was achieved, however, […]
DAILY EXPRESS By Graham Turner Author of “The Leyland Papers,” the inside story of our biggest car-makers. When I went to British Leyland’s London headquarters last week to see Lord […]
The crisis in the motor industry and in particular British Leyland’s nail-biting wait for the publication of the Ryder report today are providing the perfect platform for the new Messiah […]
By Andrew Goodrick-Clarke Soon after Lord Stokes, British Leyland’s chairman, met Mr Wedgwood Benn, Secretary of State for Industry, yesterday morning the company requested a suspension of dealings in its […]
By Clifford Webb Shop stewards at British Leyland’s Rover car plant were told yesterday that they must accept another 500 redundancies or start three-day working. The company has already called […]
By R. W. .Shakespeare All car production at British Leyland’s Austin Morris plant at Cowley, Oxford, was stopped yesterday and more than 11,000 workers made idle. Most serious casualty of […]
By Peter Wainwright British Leyland has approached the Department of Industry for more help. Parliamentary approval for government loan guarantees of £50m was won last December when it was decided […]
By Clifford Webb Lord Stokes, British Leyland’s chairman, is understood to have written to the Prime Minister stressing the need for early government action on Sir Don Ryder’s report and […]
DAILY MIRROR By Robert Head A big personal worry hangs over 150 top executives in British Leyland — apart from their other problems. They stand to lose an average of […]
Shop stewards at British Leyland factories are to fight any attempts to dismiss workers. They fear that rationalization proposals recommended by Sir Don Ryder, who has been investigating the ailing […]
By Clifford Webb British Leyland distributors and dealers yesterday reported so much interest in the company’s new model 1800/2200 they are predicting that it will become the best selling large […]
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