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9 Jul 1969
British Leyland will stop making Riley cars from today. "With less than 1 per cent of the home market, they are not viable", the company...
British Leyland will stop making Riley cars from today. "With less than 1 per cent of the home market, they are not viable", the company...
9 Jul 1970
THE GUARDIAN A total shutdown of the car industry was averted yesterday when the 650 strikers at Lucas, Birmingham, voted to accept...
THE GUARDIAN A total shutdown of the car industry was averted yesterday when the 650 strikers at Lucas, Birmingham, voted to accept...
9 Jul 1974
Over 200 of the British motor industry's top engineers have applied to join George Turnbull, the ex-managing director of British Leyland...
Over 200 of the British motor industry's top engineers have applied to join George Turnbull, the ex-managing director of British Leyland...
8 Jul 1969
THE GUARDIAN British Leyland Motor Corporation has acquired a 50 per cent holding in Nueva Montana Quijano (NMQ), a heavy industrial...
THE GUARDIAN British Leyland Motor Corporation has acquired a 50 per cent holding in Nueva Montana Quijano (NMQ), a heavy industrial...
8 Jul 1970
THE GUARDIAN Jaguar has abandoned production at Coventry, laying off 1,500 workers, and 1,000 Rover workers have been sent home from...
THE GUARDIAN Jaguar has abandoned production at Coventry, laying off 1,500 workers, and 1,000 Rover workers have been sent home from...
8 Jul 1971
Production at a second Coventry car plant is now being interrupted by the toolt-room workers refusal to do overtime. Triumph yesterday...
Production at a second Coventry car plant is now being interrupted by the toolt-room workers refusal to do overtime. Triumph yesterday...
8 Jul 1972
Shop stewards at British Leyland Motor Corporation's Longbridge car plant claimed last night that 10,000 production workers at the...
Shop stewards at British Leyland Motor Corporation's Longbridge car plant claimed last night that 10,000 production workers at the...
8 Jul 1986
THE GUARDIAN BL CHANGES ITS NAME TO ROVER By David Simpson, Business Correspondent BL yesterday officially changed its name to...
THE GUARDIAN BL CHANGES ITS NAME TO ROVER By David Simpson, Business Correspondent BL yesterday officially changed its name to...
8 Jul 2003
The new City Rover will cost about £6,000 MG Rover is unveiling its new small car at its Longbridge factory in Birmingham. The car...
The new City Rover will cost about £6,000 MG Rover is unveiling its new small car at its Longbridge factory in Birmingham. The car...
10 Jul 1969
The DAILY EXPRESS reports on the demise of Riley. Mr George Turnbull managing director of the Austin -Morris division, said: "We are...
The DAILY EXPRESS reports on the demise of Riley. Mr George Turnbull managing director of the Austin -Morris division, said: "We are...
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