Fast-growing plumbing and heating merchants HPS opened their 21st branch this month.
The branch, on the Sergeant Industrial Estate in Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, is managed by Ernie Salter and, with Alan Waldron and assistant manager Nick Rutley also on the team.
Sales director Peter Wilson predicts that the company’s 2008 sales will be 10% up on 2007. They are also planning further expansion with another branch due to open in Lymington, Hampshire, in early January.