The Very Neat news is that Clive O'Brien is...

...Neat's new Managing Director. Clive has been involved with Neat for over 15 years, working behind the scenes before a well known Group with a black horse decided (foolishly!) that they could survive without him. Since 2006, he has become familiar with other parts of the Neat operation, so knows the company well and now has the opportunity to direct the whole shebang...

...to decorate walls and ceilings... the new member of the NeatMatch family. The recipe: take a sheet of MDF, laminate it with a wood veneer, groove it with straight “V”s (90 degrees), colour in these “V”s with a stain and top off with a clear lacquer... this is Mr NeatStripe’s way... and it comes in long-cut 8x4ft (2440x1220mm)...

...and primed... walls with windows, doors and all sorts for a garden office... display boards (in the picture)... and any other challenge you lay before Mr Bendy MDF... he will roll out his CAD package and hey presto... and the material doesn’t need to be wood-based... how about plastic or plasterboard...

...reflected in his full name Raymond Nonnatus (not born), but delivered by Caesarian Section in the 13th century - pity his mother - and was the patron saint of expectant mothers and midwives...