British Steel set to be salvaged after Government backs £300m rescue package from Turkish firm 👀
Tracey BolesBRITISH Steel looks set to be salvaged as the Government provides a support package worth up to £300million to a Turkish bidder.
Ataer Holding — which has links to a Turkish steelmaker — is thought to be the frontrunner to save the Scunthorpe steelworks that collapsed into liquidation 11 weeks ago.British Steel could be salvaged with the help of the £300m government package The Government funding would allow the official receiver to grant Ataer a period of exclusive talks on buying the UK’s second-largest steel producer, which employs 4,000.
The package on offer includes grants, possible indemnities, loans on commercial terms and other items. Ataer — a subsidiary of Oyak, Turkey’s military pension fund — is understood to have submitted a formal and final offer for the whole of British Steel worth up to £70million.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said: “We’ll leave no stone unturned to get a good solution for British Steel.”We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at
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