please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message walkersteel type private industry steel processing and distribution headquarters blackburn lancashire england key people jack walker website www.walkersteel.com walkersteel is a major steel processing company based in blackburn lancashire . the firm was originally established by charles walker before his son jack walker turned the business into a major concern . the company was sold to british steel plc in 1989 for a fee in excess of 300million citation needed which helped fund jack walker s takeover of blackburn rovers in early 1991 . citation needed by this time the steel company was achieving profits worth close to 50million a year though the onset of the recession saw the steel market suffer a major slump . citation needed the brand was revived following jack walker s death but is linked in name only . citation needed external links edit official site this article about a company of the uk is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title walkersteel & oldid 740264410 categories companies based in blackburnsteel companies of the united kingdomunited kingdom company stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from september 2016all articles lacking sourcesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2016all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 01 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view