Jim Sumner is a former Leyland Trucks chief, and later CEO of Optare, the first company to put electric buses on the streets of the UK.

Leyland Trucks has reached a major production milestone, manufacturing its 10,000th New Generation DAF XB at its state-of-the-art facility in Leyland, Lancashire. Did you know with a Digital ...

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A group of Chorley Sea Cadets were given exclusive behind-the-scenes access at Leyland Trucks, as part of a visit designed to ...

Leyland Trucks has completed its £5.1 million Zero Emissions Truck Testing Automation (Zetta) project, boosting UK zero-emission truck production through new automation, safety and digitalisation ...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid a visit to Leyland Trucks (Thursday 15 October), the UK assembly plant of PACCAR Inc., in Lancashire. During the one hour visit, on which he was accompanied by Andrea ...

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Leyland Trucks is recruiting 28 new apprentices across the business. The roles range from engineering and operations to project management and administration roles, and will include degree level ...

Leyland Trucks is opening applications for its 2025 apprenticeship programme, offering 22 roles in various vehicle ...

Ashok Leyland saw a mixed bag of sales in October. Truck sales dipped by 13% compared to last year. Bus sales told a different story, showing an 8% rise. The company sold 7,208 trucks and 1,229 buses.

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