Mayor tours Leyland Trucks factory

The Mayor of South Ribble, Councillor John Rainsbury, visited Leyland Trucks for a guided tour of the facilities and to speak to employees.

The Mayor and Mayoress were welcomed to the facility by members of the senior management team, and treated to lunch, before undertaking a full tour of the facility.

The councillor was taken through highlights of the company’s 122-year history and learned more about the projects currently being supported by Leyland’s dedicated community charity, Helping Hand.

Peter Jukes, operations director, said: “Councillor Rainsbury has been highly supportive of our charitable and community initiatives since he came into office, so we wanted to take the opportunity to thank him for that and give him some insight into what we and our remarkable workforce do.”

Councillor Rainsbury commented: “The Mayoress and I were extremely impressed by the work they do supporting their dedicated community charity Helping Hand.

"We are so proud that Leyland Trucks is here in the heart of South Ribble providing over 1,000 jobs, building 'quality trucks made by quality people'." In addition to welcoming the Mayor of South Ribble, Leyland Trucks was also hosted 26 customers from Taiwan, highlighting the company's global importance as one of Europe’s most advanced truck assembly facilities.