A number of key employees at Indian steel giant Tata Steel’s two Scottish plants on the verge of closure will be retained on a 60 per cent salary as part of a new 195,000-pounds Government support package, the Scottish Government announced the deal on Saturday.
The Britain’s biggest steelmaker had announced last year that Dalzell and Clydebridge plants in lanarkshire region would be mothballed, resulting in 270 job losses, while blaming the closure on a flood of cheap imports from China, a strong pound and high electricity costs.
Scotland’s Business Minister Fergus Ewing announced the package, saying the Government's move was a positive development in the quest to save some of those jobs. Besides getting 60 per cent of their gross salary, the retained staff will also get training to ensure the plants can reopen quickly.