The Government has restarted the consultation into a potential revision of the fire safety regulations for upholstered furniture. FIRA is currently analysing the proposals, and will be arranging workshops to discuss this further and to ...
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Leading furniture retailer sofa.com has opened a brand new showroom on St. Vincent Crescent, Finnieston, Glasgow, having transformed an antiques auction house into a monumental design space. Not only is it the largest sofa.com showroom to ...
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Cause for concern over the potential toxicity of some flame retardant chemicals has prompted the UK’s largest furniture association to investigate further. Findings from research into current and alternative flame-retardant ...
Proposte 2015, the twenty-third edition of the global furnishing fabrics and curtains expo, being organised by Proposte, will be held from April 27 to 29, 2015, at Villa Erba, Cernobbio in Italy. Leading home textile manufacturers are ...
Tags: Global Fabric Expo, Proposte 2015, Textile
DFS reports "continued strong momentum" in its latest financial report, covering the 13 weeks ending 1st November 2014. The quarter saw continued momentum in sales and EBITDA for DFS, with group gross sales up 15.3% to £197m (2013 ...
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The chance for exhibitors at the forthcoming January Furniture Show to enter The Furniture Awards has now passed. Co-ordinating the award, Paul Farley, editor of Furniture News, comments: “I’ve been overwhelmed by the number of ...
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California officials notified the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) late yesterday that they have declined the group’s request for an extension in the deadline for upholstery manufacturers to comply with a new labeling ...
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Robert Shotton, owner of retailer Cousins Furniture Stores, has been confirmed as the final judge for the 2015 edition of The Furniture Awards, a new programme created by Furniture News magazine in partnership with the January Furniture ...
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DFS, one of the UK’s leading retailers of upholstered furniture, is pleased to announce that Coin Furniture Limited, trading as Dwell, the contemporary furniture and home accessories retailer, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of DFS ...
Growing concern over regulatory compliance issues impacting the home furnishings industry has resulted in membership growth at the American Home Furnishings Alliance, the association reports. “The complexity of issues like the new ...
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The fabric supplier Gabriel A/S is one of the leading European manufacturers of high-quality furniture upholstery fabrics and upholstery materials. At their head office in Aalborg, Denmark, the company develops innovative and pioneering ...
The fabric supplier Gabriel A/S is one of the leading European manufacturers of high-quality furniture upholstery fabrics and upholstery materials. At their head office in Aalborg, Denmark, the company develops innovative and pioneering ...
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DFS, the UK's leading retailer of upholstered furniture, has announced a new brand partnership with contemporary furniture and home accessories retailer, Dwell. DFS' partnership with Dwell, which provides modest financial support, follows ...
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The bench-scale test widely used to evaluate whether a burning cigarette will ignite upholstered furniture may underestimate the tendency of component materials to smolder when these materials are used in sofas and chairs supported by ...
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UK Flammability Regulations for Upholstered Furniture Published on : Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Following the recent BBC investigation into upholstery on sale in the UK containing foams and fabrics that do not comply with British ...
Tags: BBC, FIRA, Tristine Hargreaves, UK