SMS made some comments to Bloomberg about Tech not returning to marketing spend as expected across the industry.
That wont help combined with his comments about the hurdle to climb to increase margins and GROW revenue - New business has not been good for Sfor so far this year.
RE: A country song to another quarter gone wrong11 Feb 2026 11:49
Crafty that’s not true is it?
Its likely a non exec director or two might have been allowed to compare the contracts pre and post demerger to ensure THG remain were not being disadvantaged. But extremely unlikely there was any outside scrutiny or independent outside tendering for contracts so how would we ever know if the contracts for services were ever competitive pre or post demerger? After all it was just internal transfer pricing so neither public nor transparent.
As Matt said when asked on recent conference call the licensing deals are nice to have with wafer thin margins but little ongoing work once established.
Good news but I repeat likely does not warrant an RNS as not financially meaningful.
RE: New Lookfantastic Shop Opening Soon8 Feb 2026 20:18
Cong
To fair to AI sounds broadly correct without a significant reduction in debt (VAT refund, further dilution/capital raise or significant asset sale) or margins improving significantly (Whey price reducing and not passed on to consumer)?