Ann: Appendix 4C, page-47

There is a quaint belief on this BB that at the end of the day only the technology matters. and that the quality of management is immaterial. Alas it is not true, especially for a startup in a highly complex and diverse marketplace. If you put a demonstrable donkey in charge you likely will end up out on your ass.

A couple of extracts from another FT article today on Facial Recognition list just a few of the FR markets that BS and BA have totally missed out on under the inspired leadership of er 'The Board'.

"London is an obvious test bed for visual surveillance technologies. An estimated 420,000 CCTV cameras operate in and around the city, making it the second-most monitored city in the world after Beijing"

"in NHS hospitals, millions of patients are exposed to “ever increasing surveillance technology from drones and body-worn video to automated facial recognition”, Mr Porter said in the January report.Smart CCTV is also being pioneered by the private sector. Convenience stores like Budgens, and supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks and Spencer all have cameras that are already, or soon to be, capable of facial recognition, used for applications ranging from crime prevention to estimating the age of those buying alcohol or cigarettes.

Yoti, a British technology start-up, is rolling out its facial analysis software in over 25,000 convenience stores in the next four months to estimate the age of customers; while another London start-up, Facewatch, says its software, which can recognise known criminals, has been trialled by a number of high-street retailers in the past two years, and will soon be included in 550 stores across London."