The UK Steel Charter provides organisations with a range of simple, practical steps they can take to open their procurement approach and maximise the economic and social value of their projects by using steel produced in the UK. The UK Steel Charter illustrates why using UK-made steel is key to the success of your projects and helps to uplift the UK economy and the UK steel industry too.

Steelmakers across the nation are ready and able to step up and supply for your steel needs. With all construction steel products certified to BRE Standard BES 6001 or British Standard 8666, when you choose steel fabricated in the UK you are using the highest quality products made right here in this country.

We are proud that governments across the devolved nations are also boosting the use of UK steel with their own commitments supporting the British steel market.

The UK, Scottish, and Welsh Governments have publicly pledged to the implementation of measures to develop opportunities for UK steel producers to supply into public construction and infrastructure projects. In April 2023, the UK Government announced a revision to the Public Procurement Note for procuring steel in major projects. This signified a new commitment to UK-made steel and requiring all publicly-funded projects to identify the source of steel used. Our Charter builds on existing government policy aimed at supporting the steel industry through a more strategic approach to public procurement. The UK steel industry has also changed test certificates to highlight the melted and poured source of their steel products.