The Furniture Makers’ Company, the furnishing industry’s charity, is to hold a Christmas Ball fundraiser. The black tie event is being held on Thursday 1st December at Mitton Hall, a 15th century Manor House in Ribble Valley, ...
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The Furniture Awards – the January Furniture Show’s annual awards scheme, developed in partnership with Furniture News magazine – will return in a revised format at the 2017 event. The awards are co-ordinated and chaired ...
Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell) has taken the final investment decision to build a major petrochemical complex, comprising an ethylene cracker with polyethylene derivatives unit, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Main construction ...
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B&B Italia has become the majority shareholder in Arclinea, a leader in high-end designer kitchens. The agreement foresees the development of a strategic partnership that leverages the full potential of the respective product ranges ...
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Norwalk Furniture and Company C have entered into a strategic partnership to collaborateon a collection of 44 upholstered sofas, loveseats, ottomans and accents chairs to be marketed at Company C for Norwalk Furniture. The special ...
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Forty-five companies submitted their most exciting new products for consideration in this year’s American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD) PinnacleTM Awards competition. Celebrating superior furniture design, these prestigious ...
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Research carried out by Made.com has revealed that urban living spaces are shrinking, and as a result, the bed is being used for more than just sleeping in, with one in four eating at least one meal in bed a week. To bring this issue to ...
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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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The Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers (AMUSF) has joined The Furniture Ombudsman (TFO) as an affiliate member, to pledge its ongoing commitment to helping the industry improve. This means AMUSF is continuing to raise ...
The five winners of this year' National Bed Federation (NBF) Bed Industry Awards have been announced. Now in their sixth year, the awards recognise the companies considered best in class over the past 12 months. The winners were: Kaymed ...
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Five bed industry champions were celebrating last night as they scooped the top awards at the National Bed Federation (NBF) Bed Show Gala Dinner in Telford. The winners were Kaymed UK for Bed Manufacturer of the Year; Vitafoam for Bed ...
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Moroso will present its exclusive Setting the Elegance collection at Chaplin’s Chelsea Harbour showroom, with the company’s contemporary furniture reimagined with fabrics from Rubelli and Kvadrat. Patrizia Moroso, art director ...
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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John Lewis delivered gross sales of £2.02b for the HY ended 30th July – up 4.5%, with LFL sales growth of 3.1%, ahead of its more critical sales and profit-driving second half. Despite growing sales, operating profit fell by ...
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Sutton Coldfield residents recently attended an afternoon tea event at Cookes Furniture to raise more than £1300 for a local cancer charity, which also marked its 20th anniversary at the event. The Midlands store invited the local ...
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