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Month: November 1972

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Archive : Top Dunlop man recruited by British Leyland

17 November 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Roy Farndon Mr John Simon, joint managing director of Dunlop Holdings, is joining British Leyland International on December 1 as managing director. He will be taking on a role […]

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Archive : Work starts on Jaguar plant extension in first step to boost output

14 November 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb British Leyland have started Work on a major expansion of Jaguar’s assembly plant at Coventry which will increase production from 850 cars a week to 1,400. Mr […]

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Archive : Exit villain of the piecework

7 November 1972 Keith Adams 0

Clifford Webb looks at the background to the new pay deal for British Leyland’s Longbridge workers. Unlike some motor industry leaders Mr George Turnbull, the 46-year-old deputy managing director of […]

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Archive : Jack Plane on Stokes

6 November 1972 Keith Adams 0

Mr Jack Plane, former deputy chairman of British Leyland, who resigned last week, said that he had left the company six months early partly as a protest at “one-man control” […]

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Archive : British Leyland gets Whitehall go-ahead for huge Rover plant expansion in the Midlands

6 November 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland, has won his long struggle with the Government to be allowed to expand his group’s car production in […]

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Archive : Lord Stokes spurns former deputy’s criticism of role

4 November 1972 Keith Adams 0

Lord Stokes, chairman and managing director of British Leyland, replied last night to reported criticisms of his role by Mr Jack Plane, a former deputy chairman. Mr Plane, whose resignation: […]

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Archive : Leyland wins Longbridge work pact breakthrough

2 November 1972 Keith Adams 0

By R. W. Shakespeare After nearly five weeks of hard bargaining, British Leyland appears to have achieved the breakthrough it has been seeking over a wages agreement for nearly 16,000 […]

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Archive : Boost for BLMC

1 November 1972 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN BOOST FOR BRITISH LEYLAND British Leyland announced at the Turin Motor show yesterday that sales of its cars in Italy during the first nine months of 1972 totalled […]

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