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77 results found for '"Economic competition"' in Keywords.
Effect of cheap air fares (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP and former airline pilot Norman Tebbit on the effect of cheap air fares and proposals for economic competition through de-regulation on Atlantic route. Refers to Freddie Laker’s cheap...
Freddie Laker on air fares competition (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Freddie Laker on airlines reducing fares to compete with his cheap Skytrain trans-Atlantic service.
Supermarket price wars (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Tony de Angeli of Grocer magazine) on the price wars between Sainsburyâs and Tescoâs supermarkets. Female interviewer not identified.
New newspaper (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified man discusses a newspaper project coming to fruition and says it will create jobs for journalists and remove the monopoly of large publishing groups. Possibly referring to new Daily Star...
UK Shipbuilding industry (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Shadow Trade Secretary John Nott describes the changes in the British shipbuilding industry and Conservative (opposition) policy, and competition we face from the international shipbuilding industry. Male...
British car industry (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker on the current state of British car firms, the popularity for imported cars, the possibility of car firms going out of business, whether we need a car industry and...
Private postal services (1979)
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- Interview
Spokesman for Post Office competitor on providing private postal services.
Post Office dispute (1979)
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- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Neville Trotter Conservative MP, and Keith Joseph Industry Secretary on private enterprise competing with the the monopoly of the Post Office in context of current dispute.
Effect of DC-10 ban on British airlines (1979)
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- Interview; News report
Report on the effect of the ban on DC-10 aircraft imposed by the Federal Aviation Authority following the Flight 191 disaster in Chicago. Includes interviews with Sir Freddie Laker of Laker Airways and...
Hopes to improve railway transport (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Two linked clips of an interview, with an unidentified female speaker (probably an MP - poss. Sally Oppenheim), about poor train services and high fares as she hopes the Monopolies and Mergers Commission...