British Steel opens new £26M manufacturing centre to supply forklift truck industry
Today we have announced the opening of our new £26-million service centre, which establishes us as one of the world’s leading suppliers to the forklift truck mast industry. The investment has been made at our Special Profiles business...
British Steel colleagues graduate as Doctors of Engineering
Gloria Taiwo-Adegbola, who is a Rail Technologist in the Rail Technologies Team at our Scunthorpe site and Adam Wilby, the Area Technical Manager for Special Profiles at our Skinningrove site have both just graduated from the University...
British Steel joins new Steel Council
British Steel this week attended the inaugural meeting of the new Steel Council. The council has been launched by the UK Government to advise on rebuilding the industry with up to £2.5bn funding through its upcoming Steel Strategy. It has brought together...
British Steel apprentices given full-time jobs with the company after completing their training have spoken of their delight.
Recently, all 14 colleagues from Teesside and Skinningrove were offered permanent jobs with the company following their apprenticeships. And they are now out on our sites – using their training to great effect, and further building their knowledge and skill. Among...
British Steel gives full-time roles to 37 apprentices
British Steel has given full-time positions to 37 apprentices following the completion of their training. The company’s new employees, who specialise in either mechanical, fabrication and welding, or electrical engineering, received the news after completing a three-year apprenticeship with the business. 23...
British Steel to support UKRRIN Student Conference at the University of Sheffield
We’re looking forward to 2025 when we will be supporting the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) Student Conference at The University of Sheffield. The student led event will be held on 7 and...
British Steel attends UK Steel Summit
Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds said the Government’s forthcoming steel strategy will be a turning point for the industry. The strategy is expected to be published in the Spring and speaking at Monday’s Steel Summit in Parliament,...
UK Steel sector calls on Government to unlock multi-billion pound opportunity
To provide a policy blueprint for the Government’s Steel Strategy, UK Steel has today published a new report containing a range of proposals to improve the uptake of British steel in taxpayer-funded projects. This new report highlights the opportunity for the...
British Steel opens £10-million rail hub to support UK network
British Steel, the UK’s only manufacturer of rail, has opened a £10-million rail stocking facility – the largest of its kind in the country. The new hub is at our headquarters in Scunthorpe where the vast majority of rail laid in...