I believe you may well be very right there I heard something about the buy out and because of lack of customer support.
I agree we all want the best quality at the cheapest price but with ever increasing costs to small businesses it gets harder for them to compete.
We live in a very small world these days and with internet shopping we will watch the high street disappear.
I believe Neil made a comment somewhere, maybe he could add his tupence worth He seemed very knowledgable on suppliers.