Ryder Report (British Leyland)

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Ryder Report (British Leyland)

The Ryder Report was the official report produced for the Government of the United Kingdom in 1975 by Sir Don Ryder

Don Ryder

Sydney Thomas Franklin Ryder, Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings , known as Don Ryder, was a businessman and Labour peer. The one-time Chair of the National Enterprise Board, was involved in the creation of the Ryder Report ? a restructuring plan for British Leyland during the 1970s....
, newly appointed head of the UK

United Kingdom

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's National Enterprise Board

National Enterprise Board

The National Enterprise Board was a government body set up in the United Kingdom in 1975 to implement the United Kingdom general election, 1974 's objective of extending public ownership of economy of the United Kingdom....
who was given the task of reporting on the British Leyland Motor Corporation

British Leyland Motor Corporation

British Leyland was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd . It was partly nationalization in 1975 with the government creating a new holding company called British Leyland Ltd which became BL Ltd in 1978....
and listing recommendations for its future.

The report, titled "British Leyland: The Next Decade", was prepared by a team that included Bob Clark (Chairman of Hill Samuel), Fred MacWhirter (a senior partner of Peats) and Sam Gillen (the ex-head of Ford

Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
UK and Ford of Europe).

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The Ryder Report was the official report produced for the Government of the United Kingdom in 1975 by Sir Don Ryder

Don Ryder

United Kingdom

National Enterprise Board

British Leyland Motor Corporation

Ford Motor Company

Tony Benn

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on 26 March 1975, only 14 weeks after commission.

At the time the company was in poor state. It had come about from the consolidation and merger of Britain's car and road vehicle companies and their related businesses, including tractor

Tractor

File:John Deere 3350 tractor cut.JPGA tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction....
s. Production of many competing models was spread across several locations at sites that had a strong and vocal trade union

Trade union

A trade union or labor union is an organization run by and for workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages, hours, and working conditions....
presence. The report was optimistic about the company, suggesting that it would be likely to keep its one-third share of the UK car market. There were no recommendations for plant closures, but for comprehensive organisational changes to the management structure.

The report recommended capital expenditure

Capital expenditure

Capital expenditures are expenditures creating future benefits. A capital expenditure is incurred when a business spends money either to buy fixed assets or to add to the value of an existing fixed asset with a useful life that extends beyond the taxable year....
of £1,264 million from the government, backed up with a working capital of £260 million. If this was not taken it would be seen that the government had allowed the UK's leading car company to collapse and fail – a result that could have led to around one million people being put out of work. The result of adopting the report was the effective nationalization

Nationalization

Nationalization, also spelled nationalisation, is the act of taking an industry or assets into the public ownership of a national government or state....
of BLMC. The company known largely just as "BL" would continue, although its troubles were not over

The Ryder report remains classified.