I'm not at all sure it really mattered whether BACX/ BACON ever made a profit or not. Who knows, perhaps they did!
A very very good point. You're probably right, (particularly about strategy from 2001), but one thing is for sure, it won't affect much now.
Regarding the interview

- what a cynic!!!!!!!!!

I should know within a fortnight. It never hurts to keep one's options open, and as BACON management got closer and closer to Exeter, it seemed.....prudent....to start to look at other possibilities.