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6 Dec 1960
FROM OUR CITY EDITOR A surprising merger between Standard-Triumph International and Leyland Motors was proposed by both companies...
6 Dec 1974
By Our Business News Staff A statement on British Leyland is expected in the Commons today, according to the Press Association political...
6 Dec 1999
The British car industry has come a long way since the days of Morris and Nuffield, as Nik Wood reports, despite the spread of foreign...
5 Dec 1968
DAILY MIRROR Strikes The Standard Triumph factory in Coventry will close down tonight for a long weekend, because of an overtime ban...
5 Dec 1970
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Mr. George Turnbull, managing director of British Leyland's loss making Austin-Morris...
5 Dec 1974
By R. W. Shakespeare Nearly 10,000 workers are idle because of labour disputes in the Midlands vehicle industry, Any hopes of early...
5 Dec 1975
By R. W. Shakespeare After losing £5m worth of production over the past week British Leyland has conceded a £1 a week wage increase...
5 Dec 1979
BL to lay off 4,000 men at Rover Solihull By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent The first substantial cutback in production...
5 Dec 1980
HOME NEWS From Clifford Webb. BL has dismissed nine employees, including six shop stewards, for committing acts of gross industrial...
5 Dec 1989
THE GUARDIAN By Andrew Cornelius, Industrial Editor British Aerospace could make more than £80 million, four times what was originally...
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