CONGRATULATIONS to Harry Fowler on his appointment to the team at Goffs UK, but when he called me at the weekend it was to relay the sad news that a friend for many, many years, Robert Chugg, had died. A joy to meet always, he was a man with a glint in his eye and loved nothing more than some fun after the hard work of the day was done.

From a personal point of view, I knew him to be man of great kindness, a man who knew the names of my children and who would ask about them when we met. He was serious about his business, but he enjoyed it too, and in his wife Jackie he had someone who supported him totally. They made a great couple.