The company made its bullish forecast as it published its full-year results, which showed that revenue had increased by more than 40 per cent to £74.3 million.

The extent of his invasive injuries dawned slowly and painfully, causing reassessment of an initially bullish forecast that he would be back 'in days rather than weeks'.

There are more bullish forecasts for the rest of the world.

This year big carmakers dominated the world's premier consumer technology get-together, showing off flashy concept cars and making bullish forecasts about driverless vehicles.

The price of cobalt, a key component in electric car batteries, more than doubled over the past year amid bullish forecasts of likely demand.