Hi all, silent reader here...
No grant but at least some progress: both sponsor and we got an RFI today, status changed from received to initial assessment.
The facts:
Nomination and visa logged 25th August 2017
DE, Marketing Specialist, LR, 2 applicants
Additional documents requested 10th May 2018.
I do not know what they requested from the sponsor.
For us it was the travel history (our immigration lawyer forgot to upload the attachment we had provided) and some clarification on addresses in the past.
So looks like they are moving forward assessing applications from August. Fingers crossed and good luck to all!