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Archive : Austin Rover losses
DAILY EXPRESS Car giant Austin Rover announced expected half – year losses of £60 million yesterday. The shock news came on the day that the State – owned firm offered […]
Month: September 1980
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Archive : 5000 Jaguar workers are told to stay at home
By a Staff Reporter About 5,000 workers at the two Jaguar plants at Coventry are having an enforced threeweek break from today because of the virtual closure of the factory […]
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Archive : BL looks ahead despite £155m first-half loss
By Peter Hull Losses of £155m for the first half of this financial year were unveiled yesterday by Sir Michael Edwardes, chairman of BL. The pre-tax loss was £33m more […]
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Archive : Rover line closing
BL plans a further cut in Rover car production, with the loss of hundreds more jobs in the West Midlands. Yesterday, BL confirmed that one of the three car assembly […]
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Archive : Another 800 jobs to go at Jaguar in Coventry
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent BL is cutting the 10,000 strong labour force at its Jaguar, Coventry, plants by a further 800 jobs. The move, revealed to shop stewards […]
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Archive : BL management criticized over sleeping workers
An industrial tribunal yesterday criticized management at British Leyland’s Rover works in Solihull for allowing men to sleep on the night shift, but the tribunal upheld the dismissal of two […]