The first EAG trade show at Excel has just finished and by all accounts was a great success. The show was almost exclusively UK-centric in terms of products on show and for the first time in five years there was a real sense of optimism in the industry. This must auger well for 2010. Our ‘Machines Team’ came back brimming with enthusiasm and good ideas and I have no doubt that this will shortly permeate out to the venues in the form of more new test machines and new products going out on the wagons. We have also made sure that our Revenue Share Partners are well aware of what new games we want placed on the equipment that they have in our estate and I am confident that they will deliver on time. We have championed revenue share in the UK and I am convinced that it is the sensible way forwards for both operators and manufacturers. This is particularly important as we move further towards digital platforms for the delivery of quality gaming products. We now have over ten Bingo licences and are trading with a Micro Bingo product at six venues. More Bingo licences will be applied for as we continue to finesse the product and introduce more ways to play both Bingo and Gaming machines in our venues. Anyone who is passing the Crystal Rooms in Leicester Square will see that we have just installed the first ‘Bombo’ Bingo machine in London! It is a fabulous machine, supplied by Metronia™ in Madrid and our staff are now using it to call games of Bingo at the venue. In Wales and Somerset the Stardust venues have all been rebadged as Cashino and I am delighted by the response to this from both staff and customers. Even during the recent severe weather all our venues in Wales and Somerset continued to trade and to provide our customers with a quality gaming experience, something which is pivotal to our whole business. We continue to push the government hard to allow the use of a £2 stake on Category B3 gaming machines. Our argument is that as a £1 stake is now in place for Category C machines there has to be some differentiation between the two products. Clearly if we can get government support for this then it should be seen as a positive result for the Company. It is very important to us that our trade association BACTA robustly represents our views to government and the regulator but if for any reason they feel conflicted in this then we are quite capable of taking the initiative ourselves and have often demonstrated this in the past. We are of course also members of BISL and are actively involved in their lobbying activities. The move to Seebeck House, in Milton Keynes is now almost complete. This means that all our field support team and administration/finance teams will be under one roof and this will not only create efficiencies and cost savings but will also provide a firm base that is scaleable and thereby very capable of providing additional administration services for acquired businesses. We recently announced the appointment of Steve Lawrence as National Machines Executive. Steve worked for me for a number of years at Talarius and is widely regarded as the top AGC operator in the UK. I am very pleased that he has joined us and that he is now applying his considerable operational experience to ensuring that our Gaming Machine estate is running at maximum efficiency and is ready to take full advantage of any deregulatory measures which take effect during 2010. We continue to forge ahead and fully intend to have transformed the business by the end of the year! Nick Harding.