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29 Jan 1960
The strike by 132' workers at British Light Steel Pressings, Acton, which had caused 4,600 people in the Rootes factory at Coventry...
29 Jan 1963
The Owen organization announced yesterday that exploratory talks had taken place between the Rover Company and Rubery Owen and Company...
29 Jan 1970
By CLIFFORD WEBB, Midland Industrial Correspondent All car production was brought to a standstill at Jaguar, Coventry, and Jensen,...
29 Jan 1972
Clifford Webb writes: Negotiations to end piecework at British Leyland's Longbridge, Birmingham, car plant opened yesterday with yet...
29 Jan 1979
JAGUAR - Manufacturing Director Mike Beasley warns the Jaguar board of growing problems in maintaining paint quality during a switch...
29 Jan 1994
ROVER/BMW  George Simpson and Bernd Pischetsrieder fly to Birmingham to Rover's HQ and then on to British Aerospaces HQ at Farnborough.
28 Jan 1960
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 27 Car production at the Austin factory at Longbridge will be brought to a standstill...
28 Jan 1970
THE GUARDIAN At the Jaguar plant in Coventry 500 workers are idle because of a dispute. Jaguar's troubles resulted from a walk-out...
28 Jan 1994
ROVER Chairman George Simpson arrives back at Heathrow at 4pm and meets British Aerospace chairman Dick Evans and Finance Director...
28 Jan 1998
OXFORD MAIL Rover sales hit ten-year high RECORD breaking export performance today led Rover Group to publish its best worldwide sales...
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