RE: Unbelievable15 Oct 2021 13:08
Trusting we get our manufacturing capacity up (which in the current situation it's very hard to see how this would not happen) there will not be any need to raise cash.
The BOD have just had £20 million to pump into the business. They have spent 15 million on purchasing new machinery and better automattion processes to massively increase their capacity and improve profit margins.
These are one off costs, no need to buy and install the stuff twice! We then sadly laid off 60 people (due to the goverment not paying its bills) which was about 30% of the workforce. This also reduced the overheads by 30% and this was done to balance the books and stop any cash burn. We still have around £5 million in the bank to fall back on if needed.
It looks like we have since re-hired most, if not all (and more?) Of those 60 positions, reason being they can all now make the company more than they cost.
The only risk here is if none of Avacta, bioSURE, or the Knownow test are on that goverment list....something I would say is highly unlikely. Doesn't matter if its only one of the 3, we can simply ramp up production for whoever gets the orders.