David Gilroy Bevan on British Leyland

Title

David Gilroy Bevan on British Leyland

Genre

Interview

TX Date

29 May 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:06

Description

Interview with Conservative MP David Gilroy Bevan criticising the management of British Leyland, particularly Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes, for closing manufacturing plants and wasting money. And on a bail-out offer by a business consortium to save the plants and local jobs in the West Midlands. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

David Gilroy Bevan

Keywords

British Leyland; Cars; Car industry; Motor vehicle industry; Finance; Michael Edwardes; Industrial plants; Business people; Management; West Midlands; Solihull; Redundancies; Rover; Decision making

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