The City Pub Group (CPC) “is pleased to announce that… it has successfully placed 30,000,000 new ordinary shares at a price of 50 pence per share, raising gross proceeds of £15 million”. Last week though it stated “the company's balance sheet is strong… is confident the company has sufficient working capital to maintain its operations for at least another six months without further capital, even in the event the Government extends its current guidance and mandates a temporary closure of all pubs and bars”. Hmmm…