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Archive : Clouds over Longbridge
THE GUARDIAN Poor sales and now, awkward questions The government can hardly claim to have been surprised by yesterday’s confirmation of the European Commission’s investigation into plans to invest £152m […]
Month: December 1999
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Archive : EU questions Rover aid
BBC The European Commission has begun an investigation into a British Government aid package for Rover’s troubled Longbridge plant in Birmingham. The Commission wants to investigate whether the deal breaches […]
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Archive : Rover aid package angers unions
THE INDEPENDENT By Alan Jones, Industrial Correspondent, PA News Unions today voiced anger with the European Commission over an official probe into a multi-million pound aid package for car giant […]
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Archive : EU blocks British car rescue package
A British government package aimed at saving thousands of jobs at a major car manufacturing plant in Birmingham, Central England, has been blocked by the European Commission. The Rover car […]
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Archive : Cars – still motoring
The British car industry has come a long way since the days of Morris and Nuffield, as Nik Wood reports, despite the spread of foreign ownership. While Henry Ford was […]