TheWorks.co.uk plc (WRKS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:02.693 Good afternoon and welcome to the works.co.uk 00:00:02.693 -- 00:00:06.035 plc investor presentation. Throughout this quarter presentation, investors will be in 00:00:06.035 -- 00:00:09.437 listen-only mode. Questions are encouraged and they can be submitted at any time by the 00:00:09.437 -- 00:00:11.638 Q&A tab situated in the right corner of your screen. 00:00:11.638 -- 00:00:14.320 Just simply type in your questions and press send. 00:00:14.320 -- 00:00:17.121 The company may not be in a position to answer every question it receives in the meeting 00:00:17.121 -- 00:00:20.683 itself. However, the company can review the questions submitted today and publish responses 00:00:20.683 -- 00:00:24.706 where it's appropriate to do so. Before we begin, I'd like to submit the following poll. 00:00:24.706 -- 00:00:27.187 I'd now like to hand you over to CEO, Gavin Peck. 00:00:27.187 -- 00:00:29.835 Good morning to you, sir. 00:00:29.835 -- 00:00:33.358 Good afternoon, good afternoon everyone and thanks for joining us today. 00:00:33.358 -- 00:00:37.601 Rosie and I look forward to updating you on the significant financial and strategic progress 00:00:37.601 -- 00:00:42.305 we've made in the first half of FY26 and the robust store performance we've delivered 00:00:42.305 -- 00:00:48.128 through peak trading. We'll have plenty of time to answer questions at the end. 00:00:49.610 -- 00:00:54.714 So in summary we've had a significant strategic progress in the 00:00:54.714 -- 00:00:58.928 first half with strong store performance and improved profitability. 00:00:58.928 -- 00:01:03.190 We're fulfilling our mission to become the favourite destination for affordable screen-free 00:01:03.190 -- 00:01:07.832 activities for the whole family and that ...