Thanks Mike,
When I look at the titles of what they're releasing in the UK it's listing all approvals made over a specific period of days. The question in my mind is on the day they approve, do they notify the applicant of the approval and if they do, can they announce it, or must they wait for the biweekly official update. I would think that if on say March 27th they approved they'd notify the applicant of the approval that day, but I don't know that to be the case. Does anyone know for certain?
Frankly a decision made to approve that's nearly two weeks before it's to be announced provides a substantial period of time where those making the decision could provide a tremendous benefit to friends and family if anything were divulged about the decision. I really believe the notification should be made immediately, first to the company, than by the company to the general public, but if that's not the case it really makes it possible for inside information to get out with an unintentional slip of the lip.
Gary
Bullish