If you think that is the case Tully (and you may well be right,...

If you think that is the case Tully (and you may well be right, who knows) I would be reporting your suspicions to the authorities.

It would be easy enough to interview staff on site to see if bad news was around earlier than we mere morals were told.

It could just be that management were just as shocked as everyone else. Maybe you need to ask management yourself.

I have tried getting onto them but with no luck.

Kipper may be right, why employ someone at this stage if it were not worthwhile?

Maybe it's just about farm outs and short term finance in which case he will be earning his money!