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Month: September 1975

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Archive : Leyland expands Midlands output with presses from Australia

24 September 1975 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb British Leyland has shipped six huge presses from its failed Australian factory and is now installing them in the group’s body pressing plant at Castle Bromwich. The […]

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Archive : Dispute at Leyland halts Rover output

19 September 1975 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN By GEOFFREY WHITELEY, Labour Staff Welders at a Birmingham factory, whose strike has stopped production of the British Leyland Land-Rover yesterday rejected an agreement made by their union […]

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Archive : Leyland lays off 500 at Land-Rover

18 September 1975 Keith Adams 0

By R. W. Shakespeare British Leyland had to lay off nearly 500 workers at its Land-Rover assemby plant at Solihull, in the Midlands, yesterday. Last night the company said that […]

Princess (ADO71)

Archive : 18-22 Series renamed Princess

11 September 1975 Keith Adams 2

The 18-22 Series is renamed Princess after just six months in production. […]

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Archive : Worker participation pact accepted at Leyland Cars

10 September 1975 Keith Adams 0

By R. W. Shakespeare Agreement has been reached between the British Leyland Cars management and unions on the most advanced plans so far for worker participation and control in British […]

Archive

Archive : Another BL executive goes

5 September 1975 Keith Adams 0

The latest to go is Allen Sheppard, the 42-year-old director in charge of service and parts for the new British Leyland Cars Company. An ex-Ford and ex-Chrysler man he was […]

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Archive : Job cuts to come at BLMC

4 September 1975 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Corresnondent British Leyland Cars wants to cut its workforce of 116,000 by between 20,000 and 30,000 within the next six months, motor industry sources reported […]

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Archive : Thousands Hit By Leyland Jobs Axe

3 September 1975 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR By Terry Pattinson Thousands of British Leyland car jobs are to be axed in the next few months. This was clear last night after talks in Blackpool between […]

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Archive : Leyland purchase of crawler tractor plant will rescue 700 jobs

1 September 1975 Keith Adams 0

By Roger Vielvoye British Leyland has stepped in to save the 700 jobs at the Marshall-Fowler plant in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, by purchasing the last British-owned crawler tractor manufacturer from the […]

Archive

Archive : SD2 replaced by TM1

1 September 1975 Keith Adams 0

LEYLAND CARS “Under the auspices of the Leyland Cars regime and in the spirit of increased inter-divisional partnership, the Triumph SD2 was replaced by the TM1 project (for Triumph-Morris). TM1 […]

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