Understand the risk5 Oct 2023 09:35
Reason for the chaos is that the board have lost credibility and control over the project. Costs up £180m (not just a bit of inflation!), completion of works and projected starting of receiving revenue put back, no-one can now trust what this board says, it will be no surprise to see costs increase still further and more delays to get the works completed. Currently no indication of securing the additional funding that will be required…..so this is now a much higher risk than it seemed a week ago. And their will be continuing uncertainty about what the outcome will be as the board ambushed the market with the latest RNS and their is every expectation that they might do it again. I would like to see board changes after this fiasco and full transparency about the likely costs and timetable, with funding to get there resolved,without the blatant rose tinted goggles from the current board. Then with confidence the SP should correctly reflect the value…….for now it’s a casino, everyone is guessing