Tyneside firm Union Electric Steel set to close after collapsing with debts of £16.9m

25-11-2025 17:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk

Tyneside firm Union Electric Steel set to close after collapsing with debts of £16.9m

The Gateshead steel factory had been set to shut next year but its US owners accelerated the closure by putting the firm into administration

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