just one point, now that we will be owned by consortium consisting of 17 members. who makes the decisions? am guessing they will vote on a issue but what happens if a few of them have strong objections and they decide they want out or there is massive infighting, what happens then? we had two owners and they couldnt agree on sh!t so whats the chances of 17 pple playing happy families?
The difference is that H & G were 2 (which is an even number) when they had problems with their decision making. The new board will probably consist of an odd number of members (just as we have now with H & G, Broughton, Ayre and Purslow).
Most decisions will only need 'simple majority' - in other words the decision goes through even if the difference is just 1 single vote.