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Electric Glass Fiber UK

Commons · Question 79791 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department considered intervening in the closure of Electric Glass Fiber UK, in the context of previous interventions in British Steel.

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 16 Oct 2025

The closure of Electric Glass Fiber UK in June 2025 and the loss of 250 jobs was a great disappointment. In the lead up to the final decision to close, HMG was significantly involved at ministerial and official level to broker a deal between EGF UK’s pare...