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7 Jun 1969
By CLIFFORD WEBB In spite of intense activity behind the scenes by management, unions and the Engineering Employers' Federation, the...
7 Jun 1973
Dispute which halted Allegro line is over The 650 press operators at British Leyland body plant at Swindon, whose unofficial strike...
7 Jun 1974
British Leyland have obtained an industrial development certificate to build a £10m foundry on land adjoining their existing foundry...
7 Jun 1999
A Rover 75 has won a 24 hour endurance driving event organised by the High Performance Driving Club (HPC). The aim of the event was...
7 Jun 1999
Following the successful launch in April of the new Rover 200 and 400 SEi, iL and iS new derivatives, Rover has revised and simplified...
7 Jun 2002
British carmaker MG Rover has announced plans to take over a car factory in Poland as part of its effort to assemble and sell more...
6 Jun 1959
B.M.C. FACTORY STRIKE Production at Nuffield Metal Products, Ltd., Washwood Heath, Birmingham. a branch of the British Motor Corporation....
6 Jun 1962
Leyland-A.C.V. Merger A proposed merger between Leviand Motors and Associated Commercial Vehicles that would form the biggest manufacturing...
6 Jun 1963
DAILY MIRROR By William Daniels A man from the shop floor yesterday left his overalls at home and took over one of the top jobs in...
6 Jun 1968
GLASGOW HERALD Production at the Bathgate factories of British Leyland Corporation has come to a halt as a direct result of the dispute...
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