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For once, the headline isn't actually referring to my good self as such as headline would do normally.

A story that one might have expected to hit the headlines as a result of 'silly season' - when newspapers (by which I mean all kinds of news media, printed and online) resort to writing any old rubbish, just to get the pages filled - was doing the rounds this week.

It's a particular bug-bear of mine (yes, I know, another one), the fact that too many people don't really seem to know what a builders merchant is.

If something's worth doing, it's worth putting a bit of extra effort in and getting it right.

E-Day minus 1. Fewer than 24 hours to go until the polling booths open, the retired civil servants and constituency party faithful sharpen their pencils and get their rulers ready.

Those of us who grew up in the 1970s will remember the excitement - depending on your age - of going to bed by candlelight because there was no electricity that evening.

Once upon a time, there was Labour Government who disagreed with the idea that some people were born to rule over others just because of who their Daddy was. So they set about trying to abolish an institution called the House of Lords, which included some people who were entitled to be their because of…

I don’t suppose that there can be anyone left in the UK who is not aware that the London 2012 Olympic Games are nearly upon us. Even I am not totally immune, having watched the Olympic Torch pass through the small town in Warwickshire where I live, on a Sunday evening. Lots of retail opportunities…

If you heed the media, it would appear that there is a boom in construction and with it a need for more construction workers. But what kind of skills will be needed and where are these jobs being created?

Merchants must seriously consider their current business model if they want to thrive under new Green Deal proposals. Those merchants looking for wider involvement when the new deal comes in should give careful thought to becoming a Green Deal provider.