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Dr Who diagnoses another concern - namely the return of the cybermen. In a way, M&S got away lightly - dread to think of result if attack had happened in time for Xmas. With IT contracted out to third parties, IMO this will always be a risk. Interesting that attack happened while IT contracts were being negotiated.

IMO improved exploration success using seismic and subsea visualisation tech has had significant impact. Together with regular divis expected to increase 4% annually. Reminds me Q3 xd next Thursday.

Does anyone think this USA Class Action has legs ? If Faruqi wins, will this have a significant effect or just be a minor distraction ? In brief, USA shareholders who purchased WPP securities between February 27, 2025 and July 8, 2025, may be eligible to recover losses ! Complaint is that WPP misled investors about expected revenue for fiscal year 2025 and the strength of its media division. While expressing confidence in new client wins and claiming to provide “cautious” guidance, WPP allegedly concealed that its media arm was losing market share and struggling to compete amid ongoing macroeconomic challenges ...

With its cutting edge remote mining capabilities, disappointed that Rio has not established a fourth leg to move into lunar mining. Would require tie up with space venture company to get the kit there but rewards over coming decades are substantial. Quantum computing and fusion power require Helium 3. Extracting ice water from lunar south pole needed for future human presence and as source of hydrogen for rocket fuel. IMO great opportunity not being seized.

It simply does not matter which party is in government, the local planning authorities have processes and regulations in place that effectively hamstring any effort to build absolutely anything in a timely fashion, and which ensure the resulting buildings incorporate ridiculous standards which add a fortune to the build cost. Micromanagement delay at its worst.

Time to get the Guinea project team working on HS2. Hilarious how a 650km railway and deep water port can be built in frankly a tiny fraction of the time the HS2 clowns will take to get even close to wherever the starting and finishing lines are ...

Since when has Rio been just a UK share ? Heading for lucky 7 IMO

Filling their boots.

83 + 29 = £20,000 Didn't she do well ?

Cheap flight and 5 star hotel. Slice of high end hols. Good stuff.

Complete fantasy. They simply have not allowed for the necessary planning approvals, which following substantial objections, public enquiries et al, will simply never happen in our lifetimes. Everybody knows this. Like second runway at Gatwick ...

US gov defense contract over 5 years. Nice one

Following change of gov, ATC strike postponed from 14/9 to 7/8/9 October. Wonder if the new pm will last that long ...

Not clear why Semple resigned. Not his fault buyback and divi had to be ditched.

Such a nice green tax... Here comes the Autumn budget ... sp going down in anticipation ?

Cannot see any logic in lumping these two operations into one division.

OK failed the intelligence test. How do you pronounce Yggdrasil ? Tried to mention it in discussion and realised I simply could not pronounce it ... Surprised this discovery did not jolt the sp.

Iron-ore futures touched a one-week high on Monday as RTZ suspended activity at Simandou following an incident, raising fears of a potential delay in production start at the mine. Ouch

To demolish partially built yet unoccupied houses found to have faulty foundations in Cambridge. Talk about planning micro managment ...

No point or profit having full flights but air traffic controllers on strike. Just look at last results.