I'm a grumpy old git, and rarely have much good to say about anything. But, to be fair, both Farnell and RS have in recent years come along in leaps and bounds for supplying to the general public. As with John's experience I've had good next day delivery on small orders. I do think both trade better in volume, more so RS and MoQ can sometimes be prohibitive, and the supply chain rigour can mean that you can find cheaper elsewhere on some things (connectors and cables especially). Farnell pee'd me off at work with two switches (£140 each) taking over 6 months for delivery - but that's exceptional.

What I'm trying to say is that both RS and Farnell are very accessible to Joe Public.

CPC - yeah, like Depronman, is local to me - it was bought out by Farnell years ago but is a poor substitute. Very handy for picking up bits on-the-day, but with my laziness it can be easier just to throw an order out for next day delivery from the big-two (particularly as CPC closed their trade counter at the weekend under Covid).

Rapid, also springs to mind as a good supplier.