The black taxi manufacturer LTI has said it will take on about 100 staff to restart production at its Coventry factory by June.

BBC: Coventry taxi maker LTI to 'restart production' by June

LTI's parent company Manganese Bronze went into administration this month.

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Peter Coulson, a spokesman for the Unite union, said he was fighting hard to keep LTI in the UK because he "didn't want to see another British icon leave these shores".

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Prof Garel Rhys, of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff University, said the LTI product had been protected for too long by the lack of what he called "free market entry".

BBC: Coventry produces rival taxis for London market