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28 Nov 1960
LORD TEDDER TO GIVE UP CAR CHAIRMANSHIP Lord Tedder, chairman of Standard- Triumph International Limited, having reached the age of...
28 Nov 1960
The “wonder boy” of Britain’s car industry , Mr Alick Dick, has reached the top job in the Standard – Triumph International Company....
28 Nov 1969
British Leyland, Britain's biggest motor group, said yesterday that one of the country's top industrial relations experts, Pat Lowry,...
28 Nov 1970
CLIFFORD WEBB Mr. John Barber, British Leyland's director of finance and planning, is the latest of a growing list of the group's...
28 Nov 1974
By R. W. Shakesneare More than 8,000 workers were idle, either on strike or laid off, at British Leyland's Triumph car factories in...
28 Nov 1974
Also in Coventry the labour troubles in British Leyland's Triumph car plant, which has brought another complete standstill in vehicle...
28 Nov 1979
The executive of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers has backed away from a confrontation with British Leyland after reaching...
28 Nov 1979
DAILY EXPRESS Outside the Longbridge plant 4,000 cheering engineers pledged their backing for Leyland , and voted to carry on working....
28 Nov 1979
DAILY MIRROR Keep Away Red Robbo By Terence Stringer and Rob Chaytor British Leyland are to pay Derek Robinson , the sacked Communist...
28 Nov 1985
By David Simpson , Business Correspondent Jaguar Cars, the BL subsidiary privatised last year, is to spend £37 million on building...
28 Nov 1993
THE INDEPENDENT, JOHN FORDHAM SOMEBODY at Rover Cars must be a student of the works of Pavlov, and not just because the company is...
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