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11 Apr 1961
B.M.C. BACK TO FIVE-DAY WEEK. Nearly all the British Motor Corporation's labour force of 60,000 workers are now back on a five-day...
11 Apr 1962
1,000 MOTOR WORKERS WALK OUT FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT LIVERPOOL, APRIL 10 A thousand workers at the Standard Triumph motor factory...
11 Apr 1962
DAILY EXPRESS BMC BUILD NEW DESIGN HQ A new £550,000 building has been completed at Longbridge, Birmingham to house most of the...
11 Apr 1972
More than 1,300 workers who have been operating a go-slow for a month at British Leyland's car body plant at Cowley were suspended...
11 Apr 1972
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland Motor Corporation yesterday enforced its sternest measures yet against...
11 Apr 1973
By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent British Leyland, which has lost more than £25m Worth of vehicle output during...
11 Apr 1974
By R. W. Shakespeare All car production at British Leyland's two Austin-Morris plants at Cowley, Oxford and Longbridge, Birmingham...
11 Apr 1979
DAILY EXPRESS BL PEACE HOPES CRASH By Peter Hitchens Last hopes of a new era of peace at British Leyland were blown wide open last...
11 Apr 1980
From Our Correspondent Birmingham Mr Derek Robinson, the former British Leyland convener, went on believing that British Leyland would...
11 Apr 1980
British Leyland got a spring tonic yesterday with the news that its car sales have zoomed ahead. The troubled state giant took 23.7...
11 Apr 1984
Strike stops Metro output Production of the Austin Metro at Longbridge was at a standstill last night, with 200 assembly workers...
11 Apr 1988
THE GUARDIAN Jaguar, the luxury cars manufacturer embroiled in a lengthy pay dispute with workers , has enjoyed its busiest ever three...
11 Apr 2000
A row has broken out between the company planning to take over the Rover car business and the UK Government. Alchemy Partners is reported...
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