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  1. Michael Edwardes interview (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Michael Edwardes on his appointment as the new Chairman of British Leyland, covering his reasons for taking on the daunting job, the prospects for making the company successful, plans for decentralised...

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  2. British Leyland split (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Geoffrey Robinson MP, on company chairman Michael Edwardes’ plans to decentralise British Leyland into separate groups for upmarket and volume cars. Interviewer not identified (poss. Vivian...

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  3. British Leyland revival plan (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Sir Leslie Murphy, Chairman of the NEB, on Michael Edwardes’ plan for reviving British Leyland. Interviewer not identified.

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  4. Eric Heffer on British Leyland Speke closure (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Eric Heffer, Labour MP for Liverpool Walton, reacts to British Leyland’s announcement of their Speke assembly plant closure plans.

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  5. British Leyland Speke plant closure (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Quinton McFarland reports on reaction in Liverpool to the proposed Speke assembly plant closure. Frank Banton, Transport Union Secretary at the No. 2 factory, gives his response to Chris Stocking.

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  6. John Biffen on Edwardes’s call for investment in BL (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, John Biffen comments on Chairman Michael Edwardes’s call for a large investment in British Leyland. He does not altogether support the comments made by Edwardes,...

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  7. Future plans for British Leyland (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview on TASS union plan for British Leyland and criticising Chairman Michael Edwardes’ plan; says without public finance the company would collapse with large loss of jobs; effect of British economy...

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  8. British Leyland staff cuts (1978)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Speech

    Rita Carter reports on British Leyland chairman Michael Edwardes’s planned job cuts and the meeting between BL management and the unions over the way the cuts were announced in the press. Includes press...

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  9. British Leyland staff cuts (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with British Leyland trade union spokesman Derek Robinson on the prospect of new Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes making staff cuts in the company. Male interviewer not identified.

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  10. Derek Robinson on British Leyland options (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with British Leyland trade union spokesman Derek Robinson on the options other than staff cuts available to Michael Edwardes, the new BL Chairman to make the company economically viable. Male...

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