RE: Todays RNS10 Dec 2021 19:07
News was essentially already known (as in rns 25/11/21);
'Whilst we still remain confident that we are well-positioned for future growth, we recognise that many investors will be disappointed in the lack of progress with the DHSC, and uncertainty about their future utilisation of our manufacturing capacity. This is a disappointment that we share. Our contract with DHSC dated 12 February 2021 was made up of two phases. Phase one was a scale up phase, where DHSC furnished the Company with equipment and working capital in order to support its scale up activities whilst DHSC selected and licenced the chosen test to the Company. Unfortunately, DHSC did not provide the Company with a licence to manufacture an approved test and as such Phase 2 of the contract, covering manufacturing, has not been activated and therefore no orders have been placed. We now have confirmation that the contract expired at the end of Phase 1, although both parties remain in dialogue and DHSC are still providing us with access to their Government-funded equipment to provide the infrastructure to grow our businesses.'
So drop in SP today overdone IMO. Still awaiting some approvals I believe and hopefully some commercial contracts to follow. COVID will always be with us, so testing is likely to go on for a long time yet. Very disappointing day but the trading was not too shabby with nearly 32M shares changing hands. Stuff the UK gov and lets find some genuine customers/contracts. GLA, Dan