Neil Collins

A dull business made great by allowing workers to think

Neil Collins meets John Neill, who turned the spare-parts arm of the sinking British Leyland into Unipart, a world leader in logistics and a model of employee empowerment

issue 14 July 2007

Ah, the terrible persistence of the irritating jingle. It’s nearly 30 years since ‘Thousands of parts for millions of cars’ last assaulted our ears, but I’ll bet millions of middle-aged Britons, motorists or not, can render it pretty faithfully.

The company behind the jingle was a leaky lifeboat from the sinking British Leyland.

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