can anyone suggest a good place to buy on line or shop i live in Essex a good quality crate etc for a new GSP puppy

I got mine (new) from eBay, the online auction site, www.ebay.co.uk

yep me to. Saved about £40 by buying my crate on ebay. It was one of the black ones that are on there they have loads and it came really quickly and I am so glad I bought it. Definitley the best £43 I have ever spent! Have a 12 week old puppy who is clean 24 hours and happily sleeps in his crate at night without even a murmur and is happy to be in there when we pop out during the day.

Argos sell reasonably priced crates too :)