In an interview following its first-half results , which included a less optimistic forecast for the second half of this year than it had made in the past , Sir Colin Hope said T&N had taken defensive action to protect it from patchy markets .
<response> In an interview following its first-half results , which included a less optimistic forecast for the second half of this year than it had made in the past , Sir <person>Colin Hope</person> said <organization>T&N</organization> had taken defensive action to protect it from patchy markets . </response>