Merseyside Development Corporation

Merseyside Development Corporation
Formation1981
Dissolved1998
TypeDevelopment Corporation
HeadquartersLiverpool
Chair
Donald Forster
Chief executive
Basil Bean

The Merseyside Development Corporation was a central government-appointed Development Corporation set up in 1981 by Margaret Thatcher's government to regenerate the Mersey docks of Liverpool, Bootle, Wallasey and Birkenhead.