On 13 October the Companies House register for British Steel Limited (17312541) still lists the same ten directors, the latest appointed being Alan Lovell on 11 September 2026, with no new director appointment filed by 12 October.
The board market resolves on the Companies House register for British Steel Limited, company number 17312541: YES if a director appointment dated on or before 12 October 2026 is filed in addition to the ten directors listed there on 11 September. A resignation on its own does not count.
Britain has taken five companies into state hands since 2008 and put its own people in charge of each. We checked whether new public money was promised within a month of the state naming its leaders. It came in four of the five. The exception, the Post Office, was the only one of them not losing money every week.