He said the company's first-half performance was creditable in a period marked by terrorist attacks, airport strikes and the effect of the Brexit vote.
As for Huntsman, given where he was a week ago, a third-place finish with seventeen per cent of the vote was creditable, but no more than that.
An increase in sales of 0.2 per cent was creditable from one of the most heavily cratered members of this bombed-out industry, particularly when prices had dropped by a shade over 3 per cent.
When he recorded the Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 with Christoph Eschenbach and the Orchestre de Paris for Deutsche Grammophon last year, the result was creditable, promising much for future developments.
From a selection of daytime sandwiches and bar meals (cash-strapped travellers could also share one of the appealing deli boards, £10.50), a plate of ham, egg and chips was creditable, a distinct cut above the high street norm.
Investment bank Numis said that Future's performance was "creditable", saying: "But for a number of one-offs, which it has chosen to take as normal costs, it would have been ahead of Numis's estimate".
