RE: RE: The Covid 19 turbulence....................7 Jul 2020 14:48
My concerns are that we have had no further updates since the interims and things have moved on, not only with business and their workers but also with investors who I feel need a message of comfort. The pubs and coffee shops will drain cash notwithstanding there is assistance from furloughs and rate benefits. There will then need to be consumer confidence for them to get back into the pubs and I am not sure it will be there for several months. I have always thought that any recovery in the economy will be driven in part by the construction industry but I feel it possible that although the Hasting and SW deals may have completed these may have be done at lower valuations given the current situation. Don't know a lot about cars but there is a churn, and one would imagine this may be kept moving for cash flow purposes. The Life Science businesses look set to be good investments but my experience with these businesses are that they can be massive pieces of blotting paper soaking up more and more cash, even ahead of initial marketing and scaling. trials etc. We must also remember that the IPO showed the new Group with net assets of £450k which included the fund raise. And this was before the interim loss, before the lock down and no income, and commitments of cash for further LS investments. Cash must be tight so I can see a need for a CLN issue as equity would be too dilutive but importantly I feel the need for an update from the BOD.