{"id":6034,"date":"2025-06-17T08:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=6034"},"modified":"2025-06-17T08:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:46:50","slug":"500m-rail-deal-locks-in-future-for-scunthorpe-steelworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/500m-rail-deal-locks-in-future-for-scunthorpe-steelworks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3500m rail deal locks in future for Scunthorpe steelworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"181\">British Steel\u2019s future in Scunthorpe has been handed a major boost after clinching a \u00a3500m supply deal with Network Rail.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"386\">The five-year contract will see the firm deliver up to 80,000 tonnes of rail a year from its Scunthorpe works \u2013 safeguarding thousands of jobs and locking in its role as the UK\u2019s principal rail supplier.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"531\">The deal can be extended for another three years and comes just months after the Government stepped in to save the blast furnaces from closure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"531\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"487503\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bluebeam.com%2Fuk%2Fresources%2Febooks%2Fbridging-the-labour-gap%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dmpu-banner%26utm_content%3Dbuttoncta%26utm_term%3Dbb-alt%26utm_campaign%3D2503-GLOB-CN-Software-Bridge-Gap%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aec-software-ebook-en-UK-1a-300x250.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"755\">British Steel commercial director for rail Craig Harvey said: \u201cThis is a ringing endorsement of UK workers and British industry. It shows the vital role we play in keeping Britain\u2019s railways moving safely and efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"996\">The contract will see Scunthorpe workers manufacture rails for maintenance and renewal projects across the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"996\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"439734\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intersteels.com%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Retro-FitsteelspecialistsGIF-ezgif.com-resize.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1166\">Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander called the deal \u201ca landmark contract that truly transforms the outlook for British Steel and its dedicated workforce in Scunthorpe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1168\" data-end=\"1342\">She added: \u201cWe\u2019ve now helped secure their long-term future by backing British Steel with meaningful government contracts, protecting thousands of skilled manufacturing jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1504\">Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the deal was \u201ca vote of confidence in the UK\u2019s expertise in steelmaking\u201d and would help support future infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1640\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"127094\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fawkesandreecepartner.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mclaren gif.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1640\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1640\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/BwlcmV4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Steel\u2019s future in Scunthorpe has been handed a major boost after clinching a \u00a3500m supply deal with Network Rail. The five-year contract will see the firm deliver up to 80,000 tonnes of rail a year from its Scunthorpe works \u2013 safeguarding thousands of jobs and locking in its role as the UK\u2019s principal rail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-6034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6035,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6034\/revisions\/6035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}