Stunned silence?
Well, fair enough. The last couple of years have left shareholders feeling a bit lost as to what is going on - or me anyway, which is why I finally gave up.
But actually this last report seems to suggest the company has set making a profit as their top priority now, with talk of disappointment at the loss, watching costs ("cost containment measures taken in line with the 1HY18 trading revenue performance"), and generally seemingly a recognition that they need to make a profit with the business that they have rather than yearning too greatly for what they want to do next. And there was even information about the individual markets, including reasonably overall indications that revenue should resume.
Of course, that's me reading a lot into a few tea leaves. The company continues its current tradition of talking with bullet points instead of clear lengthy narrative. And yet whenever anyone puts up a slide of bullet points they immediately set about a lengthy explanation of what they mean because bullet points are not clear communication - in my opinion anyway. It would be nice to see the lengthy explanation in the annual report if you ask me. Yes, that can be quite a bit of extra work but actually the shareholders own the company and are paying the wages and salaries and directors' fees and the shareholders should be told what is happening in a company even if that costs money to do. In my opinion, as always.
So, yes, a couple of years of lack of positive excitement for shareholders. But it is just possible that the coming year may actually see a half respectable result. Or not. Who knows!
Just my random thoughts as always.