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	BMC>Rover: The Whole Story - Chapter 5
		Michael Edwardes delivered this ultimatum to the Unions - assist the management or lose the entire factory for good - and this was no bluff: as he had said before in February 1978, he had the Government behind him and he was prepared to “do what it takes”.
		Sir Michael Edwardes had said that the Mini would remain as long as demand showed, “no sign of easing”, but that was hardly the same as Day’s ringing endorsement of the product.
		Edwardes possessed enough acumen to convince Thatcher that if Privatisation was the ultimate goal, then BL should not be carved-up piecemeal because he figured that without MG, Jaguar and Rover, the high image parts of the company, there would be the “Unsaleable rump” of Austin-Morris, as he called it, left over.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /wschapter5f.htm (5461 words)

	Austin Rover Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Labour administration of the time ran out of patience, and appointed South African-born corporate troubleshooter Sir Michael Edwardes to turn BL around.
		Edwardes' first job was to curb the excessive amount of power that the trade unions had over the company.
		Secondly, Edwardes began a ruthless programme of factory closures and sell-offs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austin_Rover_Group (524 words)

	BBC News \| Business \| Business leaders plot defeat of Euro
		Key figures in the campaign include Sir John Banham, former director-general of the CBI, Sir Michael Edwardes, former chairman of British Leyland, and Sir Stanley Kalms, chairman of the electronics group Dixons.
		Sir Stanley is on record as saying that joining up would lead to "economic and political castration".
		Sir Stanley criticised a recent CBI survey which claimed 72% of business leaders support EMU, saying it was unrepresentative.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/74831.stm (455 words)

	"E" Famous People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	www.jonathanselby.com /Efam (5355 words)

	no euro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sir Michael Edwardes, former chairman of British Leyland and Council member of Business for Sterling, today responded to reports that Toyota will ask its UK suppliers to invoice in euros.
		Sir Michael said: “If you’re running a company and you’ve got problems, as the motor industry currently does, you have to take tough decisions.
		Sir Michael Edwardes has been Chairman of a number of companies including British Leyland, ICL and Dunlop, and is currently a Director of companies in Britain, Holland, South Africa, Bermuda and the United States.
	www.no-euro.com /mediacentre/pressreleases.asp?a=194 (646 words)

	Our Century 1976-2000
		Sir Michael Edwardes (above), the new broom brought in by the Government to sort out British Leyland, won an overwhelming seven-to-one vote in favour of his survival plan in November.
		A beaming Sir Michael said after the ballot result was announced: "We think this is the clearest possible evidence that the overwhelming majority of employees are behind the company and behind the plans."
		He had earlier warned his group's 11,000 workers that if the Edwardes plans was rejected then BL might fail and the components industry would face the prospect of having to move overseas.
	www.westmidlands.com /millennium/1900/1976-2000/1979.html (743 words)

	American Metal Market: Problems seen if Gold Fields, Minorco merge - Consolidated Gold Fields PLC, Minerals and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The takeover bid has pitted Sir Michael Edwardes, former chairman of British Leyland and the newly appointed chief executive of Minorco, against Rudolph Agnew, chairman and chief executive officer of Consolidated.
		Edwardes, however, has praised the management of Consolidated and said that a merger would combine Consolidated's efficient management with the financial wherewithal of Minorco.
		Edwardes does not appear to be looking for wholesale changes in Consolidated's management, even though he said Minorco plans to exercise direct control after a merger.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_n188_v96/ai_6668646 (704 words)

	Guardian \| After 100 years, Rover finally reaches the end of the road
		In the 1920s, such was Longbridge's pre-eminence in the British motor industry that it was known simply as the Austin.
		In the last 20 years it moved from private to public and then back to private ownership - from the stewardship of Britain's leading defence company to that of a German car maker, until in 2000, it was flogged for £10 to a local consortium.
		Michael Edwardes was brought in and sought to drive the company forward by a link-up with the Japanese car maker, Honda.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5166161-107689,00.html (988 words)

	Business leaders unite against the euro
		Sir Stanley Kalms, chairman of Dixons, Sir Michael Edwardes, former chairman of British Leyland, and Sir Emmanuel Kaye, the philanthropist who is said to have made a substantial donation to the blind trust that funded the Prime Minister's office in opposition, are also involved.
		A fund-raising drive is being conducted in the City aimed at securing millions of pounds to put the case against the single currency in the run-up to a referendum on Britain joining monetary union.
		Sir Stanley Kalms said: "The CBI is pretending that it speaks for business but it does not speak for business; it has no authority to speak for business.
	www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/04/06/neur06.html (996 words)

	AxisofLogic/ Feltham on the Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Edwardes, a man with a somewhat chequered past, set about asset stripping in a big way: since lack of capital had been one of the major stumbling blocks to developing new market-leading models, a collaboration with the Japanese Honda company meant that IPR flowed in both directions.
		Mainly, Edwardes closed plants, on a wholesale basis, including Speke, Abingdon and Canley:Solihull, with the Alvis brand (formally a luxury sports car which had become a major supplier to the UK military of scout cars and light armoured vehicles) being sold to United Scientific Holdings.
		Michael is Founder and CEO of a software company and CFO of a New Media company.
	www.axisoflogic.com /artman/publish/article_16932.shtml (3214 words)

	Morris Marina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A small facelift in 1975 gave the Marina new radiator grilles and dashboard, and the overhead camshaft O-Series engine (from the Leyland Princess) appeared in 1.7 litre form in 1978 to replace the larger B series 1.8 models.
		Under severe financial strain, BL was bailed out by the government in the late ’70s, and Sir Michael Edwardes was brought in to oversee the company.
		Under his leadership, BL made an attempt to update the Marina, by enlisting the help of Giorgetto Giugiaro's ItalDesign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morris_Marina (701 words)

	no euro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sir Martin Jacomb, former chairman of Prudential and Brian Williamson, chief executive of the City’s futures exchange, LIFFE, are prominent amongst new names joining the campaign.
		Food and catering industry names include the hotelier Sir Rocco Forte, Tim Martin of pub chain J D Wetherspoon, Lord Daresbury of De Vere Hotels and Sir Richard George of Weetabix.
		Well known construction and housebuilding industry names are Malcolm McAlpine of Sir Robert McAlpine, Sir Christopher Wates, chief executive of the Wates group and Duncan Davidson of Persimmon.
	www.no-euro.com /mediacentre/pressreleases.asp?a=188 (965 words)

	The Bruges Group
		Michael Edwardes is one of the outstanding businessmen of Britain.
		Then as today, Michael Edwardes showed he was not afraid to speak his own mind, even if it was against conventional business opinion.
		Michael Edwardes shows that even if the single currency works for Europe, it doesn’t mean it will work for Britain.
	www.brugesgroup.com /mediacentre?article=112 (4941 words)

	Rhodes University / UK Appeal / News
		Amongst these were Sir Michael Edwardes, Lady Sally Cadbury and the de Jager brothers, Geoffrey and Doug.
		The dinner was conceptualised by Michael Chapman, chairman of the Rhodes University UK Trust.
		Michael, an Old Rhodian and Rhodes scholar, is a staunch supporter of the University.
	www.ru.ac.za /ukappeal/news.html?template=print (361 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Death of Lord Ryder brings to mind disastrous days of political meddling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947-1950, nearly did for the British luxury car.
		It was an idealistic planning system derided by Michael Heseltine as, "A vehicle for marauding socialism." Tony Benn talked of providing £3bn and making 750,000 cars a year.
		Following Harold Wilson’s resignation in 1976, Jim Callaghan became prime minister, and put Sir Michael Edwardes in charge of BL in November 1977.
	business.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=609922003 (1083 words)

	[A-List] Punk Thatcherism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The useful thing about these groups is that they are so fanatically opposed to each other that they spend lots of time, effort and money "exposing" the other for benefit of everyone, including those who would wish a plague upon both their houses.
		BfS' founder Director of Communications was Michael Horsley (former Conservative candidate at the 1997 general election), June-December 1998.=20 BfS's Campaign Director is Dominic Cummings (who previously worked for the right-wing historian, Professor Norman Stone, who was reported by the Guardian as signing the nomination papers of a UKIP candidate at the 1994 European Elections).
		Finally, Michael Meadowcroft (President of the anti-EU Liberal Party and former Liberal MP, 1983-87) is a Council member of BfS Yorkshire.
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2001-November/016617.html (835 words)

	Metro development story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When Sir Michael Edwardes and the new Austin-Morris chief, Ray Horrocks looked at the ADO88 for the first time in January 1978, both realised immediately that it needed re-evaluation.
		All press about British Leyland had been doom and gloom: factories had closed, jobs had been lost, Michael Edwardes was doing all he could to convince the new incumbent at Number Ten Downing Street not to close down the Operation for good.
		Sir Michael Edwardes with the new Austin MiniMetro at the launch in October 1980.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/way/yuw18/austin-rover/metrof.htm (5648 words)

	BBC NEWS \| VOTE2001 \| Who's backing the Tories?
		Certainly Monday's letter is signed by the likes of Sir Stanley Kalms, chairman of Dixons, cider boss Esmond Bulmer and the party's leading financial backer Stuart Wheeler of IG betting, all of whom are council members of the Business for Sterling pressure group.
		Lord Hanson, the former doyen of UK businessman and friend of Mrs Thatcher (and no longer on the board of the firm which bears his name), is also among signatories, as is former British Leyland boss Sir Michael Edwardes.
		BP Amoco boss, and future people's peer, Sir John Browne and Vodafone chief Chris Gent are reported to have refused publicly to back the party for fear it would interfere with the running of their companies.
	news.bbc.co.uk /vote2001/hi/english/newsid_1342000/1342171.stm (990 words)

	Sir Michael Edwardes
		Edwardes: I never liked the Metro (Sunday Mercury)
		Sir Mick celebrates his 60th birthday by promising to keep on rocking into his 70s Singer holds sedate dinner for family and close friends at ambassador's residence in Prague - and then hits the town (The Sunday Telegraph)
		City: The full Pitcher City Profile - Sir Desmond Pitcher is standing down at United Utilities.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0771892.html (261 words)

	The Rover Cars Fiasco: An Object Lesson in Government Incompetence, Mismanagement and Perfidy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The CEO, Sir John Egan blamed the global currency markets, neatly ignoring the appalling quality of the cars, poor service record, stale designs and lack of vision and expertise of Jaguar’s management team.
		At this point it is worth recalling that the founder and energy behind the original Jaguar company, Sir Bill Lyons, had assembled a team of first class engineers by 1936 and post WW II, launched the range of "Jags" which took the USA by storm!
		Michael C Feltham is a columnist for Axis of Logic.
	www.axisoflogic.com /artman/publish/printer_16932.shtml (3227 words)

	MG-Rover.Org -\|\|- The ultimate site for MG-Rover enthusiasts! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Drastic restructuring occurred in the wake of Sir Michael Edwardes becoming chairman of British Leyland in 1977.
		In the same year that the Rover 800 was introduced, Sir Graham Day was appointed as chairman of British Leyland.
		As part of Sir Graham’s brand philosophy, all new saloon models were to be called Rover.
	www.mgrovershop.com /articles/showart.php?ArtID=64&PageID=4 (930 words)

	Classic Auto Prints for high quality prints of classic cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sir Charles Dance sets up the world's first scheduled passenger service by automobiles between Gloucester and Cheltenham, using three Gurney steam carriages.
		Sir David Salomans organises Britain's first exhibition of motor vehicles in the open air in October at Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
		Sir Alex Issigonis’s last project, in spite of its outstanding practicality, its boxy styling, sparse interior, lack of power and ‘notchy’ five-speed gearbox attracts criticism.
	www.classicautoprints.com /history.html (14381 words)

	- Oliver Scott Consulting - People Performance Profit
		Sir Michael Edwardes, in his book Back from the Brink, explains that one of his central problems at British Leyland was that the company was run by the wrong people.
		He distinguishes between two types of executives at any level in any business: line managers, who are concerned to achieve results; and advisory staff, who are more concerned to produce papers.
		British Leyland, argues Sir Michael, had staff people in line jobs.
	oliverscottconsulting.com (266 words)

	Austin Rover prototypes index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Under Harold Musgrove, Austin Rover were keen to shake off their dowdy and somewhat backwards image, earned during the "dark years" of the 1970s.
		Phase one had been to follow through the "product led" recovery masterminded by Sir Michael Edwardes - and get the Metro, Maestro and Montego onto the marketplace.
		Phase two was to inject some glamour into the company, giving it a high technology image.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/way/yuw18/austin-rover/arindexf.htm (199 words)

	Jaguar XJ41/42
		John Egan had finally been persuaded to take charge of the company, and with his appointment came the commitment from Sir Michael Edwardes that Jaguar would fully re-gain its independence within the BL empire.
		The XJ40, which had been on the back-boiler since 1973, would finally be signed off for production in July 1980.
		Sir Michael Edwardes gave the car his approval, and it was signed off for production in July 1982.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /xj42devf.htm (1838 words)

	Austin Maestro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The company had been bailed out from the brink of bankruptcy by the government, and suffered from a whole host of industrial relations problems.
		South African-born corporate troubleshooter Sir Michael Edwardes was employed in 1977 to sort out the troubled firm.
		One of his first jobs was to begin a programme to replace the infamous Austin Allegro, which had been a major disaster for BL.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Austin-Maestro.htm (790 words)

	The Birmingham Post (England): Sterling argument against the euro; Sir Michael takes up case to keep Britain out of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Even at 68, Sir Michael Edwardes remains a Napoleonic figure, a fighter at an age when most executives would normally be looking to spend rather more time on the golf course or, in his case, out sailing.
		He has latched on to a new cause that, by comparison, could yet see his tribulations at Longbridge pale into significance.
		Edwardes is fronting Business for Sterling, a campaigning body of senior industrial figures who aim to stop the UK's drift towards European monetary union.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:60535638&refid=ip_almanac_hf (246 words)

	Sunday Mercury: Edwardes: I never liked the Metro@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		THE man behind the Longbridge-built Mini Metro has revealed that he was never happy with the car.
		Although it is credited with saving the huge Birmingham plant 21 years ago, then British Leyland chairman Sir Michael Edwardes has finally admitted he was never happy with the vehicle.
		Sir Michael said a shortage of cash and time hampered the development of the car but, despite its problems, he believed the model deserved a 'medal for courage'.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:40601828&refid=ip_almanac_hf (217 words)

	Finance for BL: third report from the Industry and Trade Committee: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oral evidence was given by Secretary of State for Industry, Sir Keith Joseph, and 3 representatives of BL including its chairman, Sir Michael Edwardes.
		Joseph stated that funds had been provided because on balance, it had been decided that the company had shown sufficient evidence of improved performance to justify support.
		Also includes 3 Department of Industry memoranda on provision of funds to BL, BL internal generation of funds, and the monitoring of BL Ltd and Chrysler UK Ltd, and copies of letter and report from Edwardes to Joseph.
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bop1974/ref2865.html (195 words)

	Martin Bronstein's The Global Gallery
		Sir Michael Edwardes, the former president of the Squash Rackets Association was suing The Times newspaper for libel over an article that appeared in the sports section back in 1994.
		After ten days in court, the jury found for Edwardes, awarded him $30,000 damages and his costs.
		I have it on very good authority that Edwardes' legal costs were close to $750,000.
	www.squashtalk.com /html/news/globalgallery1.htm (1290 words)

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