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New bid for BL
18 March 1986
NEW BID FOR BL
REUTERS
Published: March 18, 1986
BL P.L.C., the former British Leyland, said it had firm proposals from a British company, Lancashire Enterprises, to take over parts of the state-owned auto maker that the British Government wants to sell to the General Motors Corporation.
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