Doesn't look great really. And for a company that keeps such a close eye on its PR you have to assume they realise that but feel the danger of being properly questioned outweighs the negative PR.
Indemnification could involve the council and this statement still be true. Given councillors have been ordered not to comment it would suggest the words have been carefully chosen and any ambiguity may not be accidental.
This always astonishes me. They go on about nobody should trust SISU yet their club caused issues for QPR and Wycombe and have a history of lies that puts SISU to shame.
Retail partners aren't likely to be involved. Their deals are with ACL. Any access to F&B will come from the share ACL currently gets.
But again if the issue is genuinely a 3rd party that doesn't stop Wasps saying they have no issue dropping the NDA.
Regarding the suggestion the NDA can't be dropped because other parties need to agree to it. If you believe that surely the easy answer for Wasps is "yes we're happy to drop it if everyone else agrees". Why are they saying no on somebody else's behalf?