SMB owns the Hall? Complete and utter b*ll*cks. The Hall is owned by the company....always has been since it was bought for about £1m way back when. Thats why the cost of having it as the HO was actually very low as only day to day running costs were incurred and depreciation on freehold buildings were nominal. Just like the old rumour about SMB owning the aircraft and leasing them to the company, this has absolutely no grounding in truth....but as the journos would say, don't let the facts get in the way of a good story!