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16 Nov 1973
Our story on October 17 that British Leyland would soon name a finance director from outside the company was duly confirmed yesterday....
16 Nov 1974
By R. W. Shakespeare All of British Leyland's Triumph car production is at a standstill and 5,650 workers are laid off in the Midlands...
16 Nov 1998
OXFORD MAIL Labour set to rescue Rover The Government is reported to be ready to provide a grant package worth almost £200m to safeguard...
15 Nov 1961
B.M.C. MAY MAKE CARS IN SCOTLAND The British Motor Corporation, which is already spending £11,250,000 at Bathgate, West Lothian, on...
15 Nov 1974
THE GUARDIAN TRIUMPH NEWS A strike by 45 key workers at the Triumph car plant at Coventry which has paralysed all production, moved...
15 Nov 1979
Sleeping men's supervisor is dismissed By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent BL yesterday completed disciplinary hearings...
15 Nov 1980
By Paul Routledge and RW Shakespeare Mr Terence Duffy, the engineering workers' leader, last night attempted to preserve the fragile...
17 Nov 1970
BY R. W. Shakespeare British Leyland has made a significant breakthrough in its plans to end the piecework system at its car manufacturing...
17 Nov 1972
By Roy Farndon Mr John Simon, joint managing director of Dunlop Holdings, is joining British Leyland International on December 1 as...
17 Nov 1979
More BL men found asleep on night shift From Our Correspondent Oxford Three days after 13 workers were dismissed after being found...
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