I emailed John this afternoon and promptly received at reply. A...

I emailed John this afternoon and promptly received at reply.

A quick summary from the email:
-AGM set to be held in the middle of Nov, awaiting final board approval
-Liverpool update will be provided as soon as settled and that acquisition metrics remain unchanged.

I asked if the company would still be seeking acquisition opportunities this calendar year and received this response:
"We remain very focussed on continuing to expand the group through investment and while we have nothing to announce right now, considerable work is currently being done on a number of opportunities. We will of course advise shareholders as soon as any of those opportunities come to fruition".

To me this reinforces the fact that the board is actively seeking to grow/improve the company and that any future adverse policy changes would be effectively addressed.

Something positive to end a reasonably positive day.