[will_turton]

 i pass work on all the time to dave power and andy lock, but never get it back in return

[davep]

Eeh not true that!

[Simon Gerrard]

As Nigel says, it's not being mean, just commonsensical. Who in their right mind would help a competitor to be better able to compete with you.
Helping one another is a completely different matter.

Simon