A wholesaler's longest- serving employee has a good head for numbers.

Peter Falconar is celebrating 40 years of service with Palmer & Harvey in Davigdor Road, Hove, working on stock control monitoring.

When Mr Falconar joined the firm, there were at least 70 individually-numbered warehouses and he still remembers the numbers for many of them.

Today there are 14 distribution centres, all much larger and offering greater access to their regions.

Brian Hurley, group director, said: “Peter is a most approachable and friendly colleague and we are delighted to celebrate his very special anniversary as the longest serving employee based at our head office.”