Acting Bulls chairman Peter Hood today insisted: "It's business as usual."

The 57-year-old will stand in for Chris Caisley once the current chief steps aside after the World Club Challenge in February.

There are plenty of question marks about which direction the Super League champions will travel once Caisley's success-laden 16-year reign draws to a close.

It is no secret the Bulls are seeking a new investor to pump money into the club but Hood will oversee

matters in the interim and is adamant the machine will continue running smoothly.

"We're all getting very focused now for the new season and it will be business as usual," said the deputy chairman.

"We have a plan that Chris started and it's simply a matter of fulfilling that plan. We know what we have to do next season and in the future.

"On the board I operate as Chris Caisley's deputy and it's logical for me to step in as acting chairman now. It could be for a few weeks or a few months.

"The other thing we have done recently is recruit a very positive chief executive - Gareth Davies - and he's now been on board about three months.

"That means there's been two

people instead of just one involved in the day-to-day running of the business.

"There's no perfect time for someone like Chris to leave and it's always going to be a challenging period - he's been a fixture here for nearly 17 years - but we've got the plans in place."

Much of those long-term plans rest on the proposed Odsal Sporting Village that Caisley did so much to inspire.

It is understood Bradford Council will imminently reveal whether the project has negotiated the rocky planning process and effectively gained the green light.

That will be a key moment, with Hood admitting: "It is crucial financially to this organisation.

"We have to be able to provide

better facilities for our fans and also to get new fans, while we need to grow the business."

Hood is in his second spell as a director having originally been invited to the club by Caisley in 1989.

The Bulls have transformed under Caisley's guidance, embracing the switch to summer rugby he so

enthusiastically lobbied.

Hood said: "Chris Caisley's legacy to rugby league has been immense. It might be something that will only be fully appreciated from a distance.

"I think it will be most clearly seen when he's no longer there - that is when you will really get a measure of what he has achieved."