The British Iron and Steel Federation (BISF), formed in 1934, was an organisation of British iron and steel producers responsible for the national planning of steel production. Its creation was imposed on the industry by
Ramsay MacDonald
James Ramsay MacDonald (; 12 October 18669 November 1937) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 ...
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National Government as a precondition to the establishment of steel import tariffs. It was a successor to the National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers, formed in 1918.
Sir William James Larke was the first director of the federation.
[Stephan Kallee]
''Sir William James Larke - First director of the British Iron and Steel Federation and first president of the British Welding Research Association.''
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It continued to exist until 1967 when the industry was nationalised as British Steel Corporation
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See also
* BISF house
The BISF house is a British steel framed house, designed and produced by the British Iron and Steel Federation, and erected around the country from 1946.
BISF was an association of steel producers, formed in 1934 in order to provide central plan ...
References
External links
A History of UK Steel Industry AssociationsCatalogue of the BISF archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It was established in October 1973 and holds the world's largest archive collecti ...
Catalogue of the BISF Dissolution Committee archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Business organisations based in the United Kingdom
1934 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1934
Steel industry of the United Kingdom
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