RE: Comment23 Jan 2021 13:47
i imagine they were waiting to see ow the Pandemic was panning out.
I imagine a pipeline of 55% up-must be the only firm in country currently not trying to get the pipeline through any time fast.
Elephant in the room-if Connells have money to spend on this Aq why dont they follow Savills/Belvoir etc in paying back the Gov support monies. This will come back and bite the Skipton in my opinion from moral perspective.
With a potential longer hangover now of Covid and new strains -and pressure on both groups to shut branches for safety(both dinosaurs in remote working)- its bum twitching time IMO for Skipton. Plus when the group acquired RSA (a real basket case)the Connells management team, was far stronger and lets be honest younger !I can see no one on the board good enough to parachute into CWD-most remainers being ex RSA/Sequence. Profits have been falling year on year recently and Connells brand is a shadow of its former self