Archive : West Yorkshire Foundries closes

26 July 1980 Keith Adams 0

West Yorkshire Foundries in Leeds, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Leyland, is to make 580 workers redundant, more than half its workforce. A spokesman for the company said last night that while the redundancies were the result of the general business recession they related particularly to cutbacks in the motor industry.

In addition to supplying British Levland with cylinder heads, cylinder blocks, gear cases and brake drums,,.the factory also supplies about half a dozen other companies which manufacture vehicles and agricultural machinery.

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Created www.austin-rover.co.uk in 2001 and built it up to become the world's foremost reference source for all things BMC, Leyland and Rover Group, before renaming it AROnline in 2007.

Is the Editor of the Parkers website and price guide, formerly editor of Classic Car Weekly, and launch editor/creator of Modern Classics magazine. Has contributed to various motoring titles including Octane, Practical Classics, Evo, Honest John, CAR magazine, Autocar, Pistonheads, Diesel Car, Practical Performance Car, Performance French Car, Car Mechanics, Jaguar World Monthly, MG Enthusiast, Modern MINI, Practical Classics, Fifth Gear Website, Radio 4, and the the Motoring Independent...

Likes 'conditionally challenged' motors and taking them on unfeasible adventures all across Europe.