Flooring contractor Designer Contracts has been admitted as a corporate member of the Furniture Makers’ Company – the furnishing industry’s charity. As a corporate member, Designer Contracts will help to support ...
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May Design Series and Decorex International, organised by UBM Live Built Environment, have assisted a fledgling publication that specialises in seeking out and sharing the best up-and-coming talent from the design community. The ...
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Last week, luxury bed and component manufacturer Harrison Spinks was recognised for its innovative spring technology at the National Insider Media – Made In The UK awards. Harrison Spinks competed against eight regional winners to ...
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Carpetright plc has announced an update on trading for the 13 weeks ending 26th July 2014. Like-for-like sales in the UK increased by 6.1%, while total sales increased by 5.2%. During the period, four stores were opened and nine closed. ...
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Next has revealed that its Brand sales for the first half of its financial year (the 26 weeks to 26th July) were up 10.7%, of which 2.4% came from the opening of profitable new space. Next Retail sales were up 7.5%, and Next Directory up ...
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As the driving force of creativity and commerce during London Design Festival, 100% Design will return from 17-20th September, celebrating its 20th anniversary. International creator Philippe Starck will open the show on 17th September, ...
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GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index has decreased three points this month to -2, and all five measures used to calculate the Index Score saw decreases this month. Nick Moon, MD of social research at GfK, comments: “No sooner ...
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John Lewis today announced that Lisa Williams will become head of branch at its regional flagship department store in Birmingham, and the shop will open alongside the rest of the Grand Central development in September 2015. John Lewis has ...
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G7Swan has deployed its 250th hosted user, achieving its target number of users way ahead of schedule. “As the popularity of Cloud-based applications increase, we are seeing a growing uptake in new and existing users switching ...
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Stuart Jones welcomes the arrival of Nicholas Akhurst to its team. He will be based at the company's West Sussex factory where it has been manufacturing for over 30 years. This follows the previous appointment of MD Alan Bennett who has led ...
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At Autumn Fair International 2014, an i2i Events Group exhibition taking place between 7-10th September at the Birmingham NEC, companies will have direct access to industry specialists from UKTI, which will be present at the show to advise ...
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Leading Southwell-based home interiors trade supplier Minster Stylish Living is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Leeds based woolen fabric specialists, Abraham Moon. The agreement sees Minster using a selection of Moon ...
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Upholstery manufacturer Collins & Hayes Furniture has announced its succession plan for the Hastings, East Sussex-based company. Following the planned departure of long-serving MD, Martin Huggins, the successor will be a very well-known ...
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Furniture was the best-performing product category in July, reporting its highest growth since January (excluding Easter distortions), according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Although GfK’s Climate for Major Purchase ...
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The BIS has launched a public consultation regarding proposed amendments to schedule 5 - the match test and schedule 4 - the cigarette test, which affect both the upholstery and bed industry supply chains. The deadline for the ...
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