John Lewis has announced its Locally Made initiative which will enhance its support of local UK suppliers and manufacturers. The project will see the retailer bring together locally-designed and made products from across the country in a ...
Online visitor registration is now live on the January Furniture Show website. Heading into its third year, the 2017 show will run from Sunday 22nd to Wednesday 25th January across halls 1-5 of the NEC, Birmingham. "The 2017 event is set ...
From 7 to 10th September, CIFF-Shanghai, the September edition of the China International Furniture Fair, will present CIFF Outdoor & Leisure 2016, a platform specialising in outdoor furniture and that offers a wide range of products to ...
Two new courses, designed to help furniture companies identify suitable job opportunities for the less able, have been developed following a two-year international project. Supported in the UK by British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM), the ...
Tags: BFM, Working Tri-21 project
Under the creative direction of Tom Dixon, Design Research Studio (DRS) has created the interiors for ALTO, a new contemporary grill in Hong Kong. ALTO is Design Research Studio’s first restaurant project in Asia. DRS has called ...
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KARE Design opens new franchise store in Spain KARE’s creative spirits have now added the sunny side of furnishing to Mallorca, the sun kissed island in Span. Mallorca is Europe’s most desirable destination for pleasure ...
Tags: pleasure seekers, individualists
Cielo presents new Catino collection Cielo, the Italian sanitary ware brand, is known for its innovative approach to selecting materials and forms to create exclusive design collections for contemporary bathrooms that have dramatically ...
Tags: ware brand, ceramic, Terre di Cielo
The Furniture Makers’ Company, the furnishing industry’s charity, has announced that for the fist time ever it will be accepting entries for its prestigious Sustainability Award from all UK furnishings manufacturers. Now in ...
Tags: furnishing industry, FISP, improvements
Salone del Mobile 2016 records an unprecedented number of visitors Salone del Mobile.Milano 2016 was attended by a total of 372,151 visitors. That is a 4% increase in the numbers since the 2014 edition – when the biennial Kitchen ...
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British Furniture Confederation welcomes a new chairman Jonathan Hindle, group managing director of KI (Krueger International) has been appointed as the new chairman of the British Furniture Confederation (BFC). Paul von der Heyde is ...
Tags: New Chairman, British Furniture, BFC
Dunelm's revenue for its third quarter (ending 2nd April) grew by 5.9% to £229m, and total like-for-like (LFL) growth (combining LFL stores and home delivery) increased by 1.1%. Sales performance in the quarter reflected strong ...
Tags: Dunelem, LFL growth, Sales performance
Bed manufacturer Silentnight welcomed its local MP to the Lancashire site during National Apprenticeship Week (14-18th March), following the ongoing success of its award-winning apprenticeship scheme. Andrew Stephenson, Conservative MP ...
Tags: Silentnight, Bed manufactures, MP, Apprentice Award Presentation
The main hall for this year’s Manchester Furniture Show, to be held from 17-19th July at Manchester Central, has sold out weeks earlier than in previous years. The 2015 show was a big success for exhibitors and the exhibitor list is ...
Barkers Home officially unveiled its revamped £3m furnishing store in Northallerton on Saturday. Directors Charles, Ian and Guy Barker cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the family-owned store on Yafforth Road, which has ...
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After four years, Paul von der Heyde is stepping down as chairman of the British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the furniture industry's Government lobbying body. The new chairman is Jonathan Hindle, group managing director of KI (Krueger ...
Tags: BFC, KI EMEA, Industry Lobby Group