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6 Apr 1968
By CLIFFORD WEBB, Midland Industrial Correspondent Shop floor management at British Leyland plants yesterday reassured workers that...
6 Apr 1970
THE GUARDIAN AUSTIN'S ANACHRONISM Eric Dymock tests the Austin 3-litre Depending on your criteria for style, you may describe...
6 Apr 1972
THE GUARDIAN BRITISH LEYLAND PEACE PLAN APPROVED BY STEWARDS A negotiating procedure which could bring industrial peace to British...
6 Apr 1973
British Leyland's labour troubles which have halted car and commercial vehicle production in several major centres and cost many millions...
6 Apr 1979
DAILY EXPRESS CAR CHIEF : YOU'LL LOSE By Barry Devney Leyland may never recover if a threatened strike by skilled workers goes ahead...
6 Apr 1984
Vauxhall sales slow as BL gears up By Derek Harris. Commercial Editor Vauxhall's storming progress in the British car market, particularlv...
6 Apr 2000
BY ANTONY HOPKER Up to 1,500 jobs could be lost in Coventry because of the Rover sale, but experts are still optimistic about the...
6 Apr 2000
A former chief executive of Rover is reported to be planning an alternative bid for the car group. BMW announced last month it planned...
5 Apr 1960
CAR STRIKE ENDS Two hundred men who had been on strike at the Jaguar Cars factory returned to work yesterday. Fifty machine shop men...
5 Apr 1962
Strike Costs B.M.C. £1M. A Day FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 4 As a result of the three days old unofficial strike of 3,000...
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