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NEW CHAIRMAN FOR ROVER Mr S. B. Wilks has vacated the chairmanship of the Rover Company while remaining a member of the board. Mr M. F. C. Wilks has been […]
NEW CHAIRMAN FOR ROVER Mr S. B. Wilks has vacated the chairmanship of the Rover Company while remaining a member of the board. Mr M. F. C. Wilks has been […]
LORD NUFFIELD BACK AT HIS OFFICE FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, JAN. 25 Lord Nuffield, who left hospital in December, surprised the staff at his Cowley office by putting in a […]
Finance, Industry, and Commerce By Our City Editor Just how bad was the financial position of Standard-Triumph International when it was taken over last year by Leylands is now revealed […]
Compensation totalling £110,000 was paid by Leyland Motors to the directors and some 300 senior and semi-senior staff of Standard Triumph International after the share-exchange takeover in June 1961; Because […]
CAR FACTORIES WANT MORE WORKERS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. JAN. 19 Morris Motors, one of the British Motor Corporation factories at Oxford, and the neighbouring car-body manufacturers. Pressed Steel Company, […]
BMC PRESS RELEASE To the British Press. Gentlemen: You may like to have the following information for reference. In view of the popular usage of the word ‘mini’ when referring […]
DAILY EXPRESS CAR MEN STRIKE Production at the Rover motor companies main plant in Solihull, Warwickshire, was hit yesterday when a strike by 80 men led to 2,500 being laid […]
The fall of £1,212,000, or 26 per cent, to £3,412,230 in Leyland Motors net profits for the year to last September is disappointing in spite of the fact that the […]
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. JAN. 8 The Pressed Steel Company at Cowley has offered back jobs to about 500 of its workers-the last of those declared redundant during the recession […]
MORRIS MINOR TO STAY IN PRESENT FORM FROM OUR MOTORING CORRESPONDENT An announcement by the British Motor Corporation yesterday assured the continuance in its present form of the Morris Minor […]
INFLUENZA MAKES 800 JAGUAR STAFF IDLE Jaguar Cars, of Coventry, laid off 800 employees yesterday because of absenteeism in the supply department. A number of workers were away with influenza […]
GLASGOW HERALD FOUR MILLION AUSTINS The Austin Motor Companies four millionth vehicle, an A40 MK2 saloon, left the Longbridge, Birmingham, assembly lines during the first days production of 1962. It […]
From Our Correspondent BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 31 Rolls-Royce and the British Motor Corporation are examining the possibility of technical collaboration, a statement by both concerns announced tonight. The two companies consider […]
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