Archive : Austin Morris explains its upmarket policy
By Clifford Webb British Leyland’s new “up-market” policy for selling Austin Morris cars was spelt out for the first time yesterday by Mr Keith Hopkins, managing director of the Austin […]
By Clifford Webb British Leyland’s new “up-market” policy for selling Austin Morris cars was spelt out for the first time yesterday by Mr Keith Hopkins, managing director of the Austin […]
By Edward Townsend Mr Alex Park, British Leyland’s finance director, gave a warning to MPs yesterday that if the company was limited to the £50m overdraft extension guaranteed by the […]
NEW YORK TIMES British Leyland to Close Authi Unit in Spain MADRID, Feb. 12 — The British Leyland Motor Corporation, Ltd., has decided to close its money-losing automobile plant in […]
THE GUARDIAN By John Carvel British Leyland’s financial prospects were dealt a double blow yesterday as its £27.5 million deal to sell the Spanish Authi car plant to General Motors […]
A three-man inquiry panel appointed by the Government’s Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service to investigate the dispute behind the month long strike by engine tuners at British Leyland’s Austin-Morris car […]
THE GUARDIAN AUSTIN-MORRIS NEWS The engine tuners at Cowley went back to work yesterday after suspending their month long strike, but some of them stopped work because of a new […]
The unions are to seek state control of British Leyland when they meet Sir Don Ryder, the government adviser investigating the company later this week. Mr Bob Wright, Midland executive […]
DAILY MIRROR By Alan Law A tough warning was being sent to 16,000 car workers by British Leyland last night. Letters will tell them bluntly that the strike by 250 […]
The Times writes The TR7 represents an investment of £11m and is being built at the Triumph factory at Speke, near Liverpool. The eventual production target is between 60,000 and […]
From David Leigh, Cowley, Oxford Sir Don Ryder, notoriously early riser and the man entrusted by the Government with an analysis of the financial trouble at British Leyland drove to […]
By Clifford Webb British Leyland is introducing short time working for 7000 manual workers at two Jaguar car plants in Coventry. From Monday it will be operating a four day […]
By Clifford Webb Mr John Barber, managing director of British Leyland, yesterday warned 415 delegates representing the corporation’s 165,000 United Kingdom workers that only improved efficiency by managers and shop […]
By R. W. Shakespeare With car production continuing at about 80 per cent of normal levels at British Leyland’s Austin-Morris plant at Cowley, Oxford, yesterday in spite of the renewed […]
By R. W. Shakespeare Production at British Leyland’s huge Austin-Morris car plant at Cowley, Oxford, continued yesterday and seems likely to do so again today in spite of a decision […]
GLASGOW HERALD About 12,000 Austin Morris workers at British Leyland’s Cowley plant are expected to be laid off again today because of a breakdown in talks on the engine tuners […]
by Paul Routledge Labour Editor The Government yesterday launched a move to get trade unionists fully involved in the financial rescue of British Leyland. At talks between Mr WedgWood Benn […]
THE GUARDIAN By IAN AITKEN, Political Correspondent The Prime Minister last night issued,a grim challenge to British Leyland car workers to end their appalling record of strikes and industrial disruption […]
DAILY EXPRESS By David Benson British Leyland launch an “off the shelf” assault on the home car market today in an attempt to regain sales lost during 1974 to foreign […]
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