British Steel has won its largest ever order for rail sleepers with a major export deal for West Africa.

In Scunthorpe, the company has just recruited 29 new starters – 12 each on mechanical and electrical apprenticeships, and a further 5 on structural programmes. 39 new apprentices are embarking on their careers with British Steel.

Our Rail business is in the process of completing the final shipments of a 5kt rail order to Deutsche Bahn, Europe’s largest purchaser of rail.

Our Rail Technologies and Research & Development teams have joined forces to carry out track monitoring activities on the emerald isle after Translink observed some unusual activity on its line