Ian Kinloch MacGregor1980
British Steel faces heavy losses before MacGregor imposes closures and redundancies.
Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
British Steel faces heavy losses before MacGregor imposes closures and redundancies.
Takes charge of British Steel amid closures and large losses.
By 1983 at British Steel, there were only 71,000 staff with output almost at 1980s levels and losses reduced to 256M
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