On this day
8 Aug 1963
DAILY EXPRESS By BASIL CARDEW Last night a neatly dressed man of 55, built like an athlete, was handed a slip of paper in his office...
8 Aug 1968
By MAURICE CORINA The British Leyland Motor Corporation is to spend at least £200m. over the next four years on modernizing its manufacturing...
8 Aug 1968
By James Beecroft One of Britain’s champion export firms yesterday announced a gigantic programme of investment. Sir Donald Stokes,...
8 Aug 1969
BY OUR INDUSTRIAL STAFF Leaders of three unions are to visit British Leyland's Standard-Triumph plant at Coventry in an effort to...
8 Aug 1970
By DENNIS DWYER British Leyland's labour troubles began to ease yesterday and production generally is expected to be back to normal...
8 Aug 1973
At British Leyland's Triumph car plant in Coventry 110 internal drivers, who began a strike last Thursday, went back to work yesterday...
8 Aug 1974
By Clifford Webb British Leyland is expected to offer early retirement or voluntary redundancy to workers throughout the group within...
8 Aug 1980
By Clifford Webb BL is increasing short-time working for 2,500 employees at its Rover car plant at Solilhull. The present four-day...
7 Aug 1969
DAILY EXPRESS Standard Triumph of Coventry stockpiled cars on the factory Rugby pitch yesterday as an unofficial strike by 50 delivery...
7 Aug 1970
Disruption at British Leyland's Longbridge plant continues. The company settled one strike yesterday but faced worsening problems as...
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