Bill Sirs on declining UK steel industry

Title

Bill Sirs on declining UK steel industry

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Jan 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:05:38

Description

Bill Sirs, General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, on the current state of the steel industry. Includes his views on the Conservative Party plan for the steel industry, the declining state of the order book, the global industry (including developing nations undercutting the developed nations) and rising redundancies in an attempt to curb industry losses. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Bill Sirs

Keywords

UK; Steel industry; Economic recession; Developing countries; Profits; Redundancies; Industrial policy; Developed countries

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