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5 Aug 1959
MORRIS STRIKE TALKS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, Aug. 4 Executive officers of the 10 unions with membership in the Cowley factory...
5 Aug 1970
By R. W. SHAKESPEARE All car production at British Leyland's giant Austin/Morris division plant at Longbridge is threatened by two...
5 Aug 1993
MARY FAGAN, THE INDEPENDENT JAGUAR'S sales in the US soared by 137 per cent in July to 1,083 cars from 457 a year earlier, exceeding...
4 Aug 1979
MOTOR Towards 1984 The current Rover range (code-named SD1) was introduced in June 1976 at a time when the old Leyland Cars company...
4 Aug 1980
Workers at the MG factory at Abingdon return from their summer holidays today' to a two-day week and the prospect of unemployment in...
4 Aug 1984
Jaguar sale rush starts outcry on private profits By Philip Robinson and Philip Webster The Jaguar sell-off caused a traffic jam...
6 Aug 1959
FROM OUR LABOUR CORRESPONDENT When the annual holidays at Morris Motors' plant at Cowley, Oxford, end on Monday, the strike of 3,000...
6 Aug 1970
By R. W. SHAKESPEARE Labour troubles in the car industry showed no signs of easing yesterday. For the second successive day there...
6 Aug 1973
By R. W. Shakespeare Car and engineering plants in the Midlands face another week of disruption caused by labour disputes, with increasing...
6 Aug 1973
In a deal which British Leyland says is worth "a little over £4m", the group has gained control of a Spanish car firm. The Spanish...
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