Close quote. The latter is a much more financeable proposition.

The change at Silbury is probably fatal.

You discovered something fairly fundamental today.

Silbury was bought by Fogome in general,

and Fogome already owned the Portuguese manufacturing operation.

David is staying until 31st of December 2026,

after which he leaves,

with restrictions preventing him working in tomatoes for a period.

That makes the timing of today's meeting quite important.

You have effectively re-established your account

and the history of the arrangement,

while David is still there to explain it internally.

Your father, Damoun, explicitly recognized this afterwards.

Had you turned up months after David had gone,

the Japanese owners might barely have known who you were.

David also said he'd be happy to continue dealing with you now.

I didn't detect any warning in his manner

that Fogome was preparing to terminate the relationship.

So I'd regard today's meeting as having secured continuity

before an important personnel transition.

The more interesting development happened after David left the walls.

This is probably the part I'd pay the most attention to.

Yesterday, the source question was entangled with,

TLC's cash crisis.