Well, we've written enough times about company takeovers on the past few years so it was probably about time it happened to us.

According to the latest figures from DECC, the Green Deal is gathering momentum.

I hate this recession.

So, Ecobuild. What did we all think then?

It's probably no surprise, bearing in mind what we've been through in the last few years, that I've got several friends who are looking for jobs.

Oh. My. God.

Some of you will be there already. Some of you are making your way there today. Others, like me, will be juggling work, childcare commitments and flight times and getting there at the last minute tomorrow.

If the mark of a good conference is that it leaves you thinking about it for days afterwards, with ideas that you are mulling over for your business, then I'd say that made this year's BMF All-Industry Conference a good conference.

I'm finding myself rather taken with Nick Boles, the Planning Minister.

I think I'm supposed to vaguely connect this blog with the day-job, so: Tennis courts need building and, by implication, require building materials that have to be supplied and delivered by someone. A builders merchant, for example.