60 companies were either closed or filed for insolvency between January 1–8, 2023.

JYSK launched in the U.K. back in the darkest days of recession in 2008 and will complete 15 years of trading here this year.

British furniture and interiors retailer OKA posted improved numbers and traded through its just-reported financial year without new external funding.

When retailer Next agreed a £3.4 million for the Made.com brand last year commentators were quick to say the general merchandise giant had secured itself a bargain basement deal.

New entities incorporated in the latest month.

New entities incorporated in the latest month.

New entities incorporated in the latest month.

New entities incorporated in the latest month.

New entities incorporated in the latest month.

New entities incorporated in the latest month.

Reporting the accounts of individual business units within large multi-jurisdiction international enterprises should always come with a health warning.

92 companies were either closed or filed for insolvency between December 27–31, 2022.

10 companies left creditors facing £2.5 million shortfall.

Homeserve Furniture Repairs delivered a record year in a period when it made a seven-figure investment, funded out of operating cashflow.

Property entrepreneur Andrew Perloff has owned Airsprung for over a decade after completing a take-private transaction of the-then listed beds and upholstery group back in 2011.

48 companies were either closed or filed for insolvency in the past seven days.

Seven companies left creditors facing £7.2 million shortfall.

Cash levels dwindled at the group behind mattress and bed retail chain Mattressman in its just-reported financial year, but the wider trend is positive.

The founders of Sofa.com famously paid a six-figure sum to acquire the upholstery brand in a move some in the trade decreed to have been critical to its success.

Cost headwinds resulted in lower profits for large furniture independent Cousins in 2021/22 but the bigger picture is more telling.

52 companies were either closed or filed for insolvency in the past seven days.

10 companies left creditors facing £1.6 million shortfall.

General merchandise retail giant Next made an equity investment in online furniture retailer Swoon earlier this year, in a transaction first revealed by The Furnishing Report back in May.

Earlier this year high-end furniture, home and lifestyle retailer Amara Living issued shares that valued the Essex ecommerce company at almost £20 million.

21 companies were either closed or filed for insolvency in the past seven days.

Six companies left creditors facing £4.1 million shortfall.

Newly-public financial statements for the now-dated early pandemic period offer a rare window into the scale of Halo group's worldwide furniture interests.

The department store business model has been challenged in recent years, with high-profile incumbents such as Debenhams having fallen by the wayside and others reporting heavy losses.

Furnishings chain Harry Corry has never been in a stronger financial position, and its finances might just be even healthier than the headline numbers indicate.

Dewsbury beds and bedroom furniture retailer Happy Beds was far and away the biggest customer of a related party mattress maker and importer in the past year.

The furniture market has softened through 2022 but smart retailers have managed to both build liquidity while continuing to invest in their businesses.

15 companies were either closed or filed for insolvency in the past seven days.

Six companies left creditors facing £2.1 million shortfall.

Businesses incorporated during November 2022. Comprehensive list across all furnishings sectors/disciplines (eg retail/wholesale/manufacturing).

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The main destinations for British exports in the first nine months of 2022, and year-on-year comparisons.

Social media was awash with commentary highlighting why the retail giant Next had secured itself a bargain in the aftermath of it buying the Made.com brand.

15 companies were either closed or filed for insolvency in the past seven days.

Six companies left creditors facing £2.3 million shortfall.

Granular breakdown of U.K. furniture retail sales in the third quarter of 2022.