Things are looking up



It's the end of June and time for the half yearly review of our interests all of which continue to prosper.
Our leisure businesses are both busy and Yoga BC, the yoga company, has launched it's own channel on YouTube. We've already published eight mini exercise routines with a further eight scheduled in the next six months
In television client Chocolate Films' (www.chocolatefilms.com) production projects are at a record level with some really interesting scripts under discussion. The 1000 Londoners series continues with a new programme released each week to some excellent critical acclaim.
Our Investment operations have had a further substantial increase in assets and profits, the latest holding to produce results being Berkeley with  a 40% increase in profits and some £2 billion forecast over the next three years as the demand for new homes continues to exceed  supply  and the industry's production is close to capacity.

Away from our business interests in the leisure industry, a recent visit to the renovated Chichester Festival Theatre (£22 million) was to experience that there also Things Are Looking Up –  it's  the opening number of a production of a Damsel In Distress, last seen in England as a Fred Astaire musical in 1937. It was a great show, complemented by a delightful dinner in the Minerva Theatre Brasserie, created by an events' catering company  new to me  – Caper&Berry – perfect food and wine with exemplary service from white gloved waiters. The finest theatre dinner enjoyed since the Bregenz  Opera Festival last year.

We go into the next six months with great confidence in all our hotel, catering and KEY construction industries investments and in the continued growth in our clients activities.