Peter Ingram Peter Ingram was a textile boss who employed Mike Baldwin after he sold Baldwin ' s Casuals ; the only person other than his father Mike ever worked for . Peter ' s company , Ingram ' s Textiles in Rochdale Road , had occasionally put in orders from Baldwin ' s curtain factory in Coronation Street and so when Mike sold up only to lose most of the money in a property scam , he turned to Peter , asking if there was any work he could take off his hands . Being led to believe that he still had a factory , Peter ordered 1000 travel bags from Mike , paying him £2 a bag . He learned the truth - that Ivy Brennan and Alma Sedgewick were making up the bags in their homes - from Don Brennan when he paid a visit to Coronation Street in his Porsche only to see building work taking place where the factory had once stood . After the order had been completed , Peter was approached by Ivy and Emily Bishop , who had learned that Mike was only paying his workers 25 % of what Peter was paying for each bag and decided to form a workers ' cooperative , making up the bags for Peter and cutting Mike out . Liking the thought of seeing Mike without a smile on his face , Peter accepted their offer of £1 . 30 a bag and ordered another 1000 from them . However , when Mike realised what had happened he contacted the travel agency directly and offered them a cheaper deal than they had with Ingram ' s , resulting in them pulling out of their rolling contract . Confronting Mike , Peter remained civil as he accused him of doing it just to win . A few weeks later , when Mike ' s factory in Jim ' s Cafe flat was shut down by health and safety , Peter summoned him to a meeting and offered him a job as a salesman , appreciating that despite their previous differences Mike was skilled and , as he was desperate for work , he could employ him on the cheap . To protect himself , Peter made Mike sign a contract forbidding him from setting up in business in the same lines as Peter or using his contacts for five years . For five months , Peter ' s gamble paid dividends , with Mike behaving himself once Peter had warned him to stop telling people he was Peter ' s partner in the business - a fact which was again brought to his attention by Don Brennan when Don picked up Peter in his taxi . By August , Mike was getting itchy feet and set up his own company , Phoenix Fabrics , intending to install a manager as the company ' s de facto boss with only his senior staff aware that he was involved . Peter found out about this almost straight away and sent his wife Jackie to be interviewed by Mike for the manager ' s job , using the surname " Williams " so he wouldn ' t get suspicious . Having Mike under a barrel , Peter invited him and Alma to dinner at his home , 17 Elmgate Gardens , to introduce them to Jackie . Rather than fire Mike , Peter moved him inside the factory as work ' s manager where he could keep an eye on him , threatening to sue him for every penny he had if he tried it again . As ever , Mike instantly started planning his rise back to the top , making himself indispensable in his new position despite hating it . Alone with Mike during a late night session at the factory , Ingram told him that he knew he was aiming to replace Ralph Dobson as his number two and bluntly remarked that he ' d rather have a boa constrictor under him . As their argument became heated , Peter suddenly dropped to the floor with a heart attack . He was rushed to hospital but despite their doctors ' efforts he died the next day . His death stunned friends and colleagues , with Mike telling Alma that the Scot had been a fitness freak who barely drank alcohol , played golf and squash , and ran two miles every morning . Jackie was particularly devastated , and considered selling the factory until Mike convinced her to run it . A month after his death , Jackie ' s memories of her husband were forever tarnished when his secretary Sandra Rogers , upon her sacking after a clash with Mike , scornfully admitted to an 18 - month long affair with Peter .