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).

The U.K. antitrust regulator has opened a probe into the sales practices of direct-to-consumer and wholesale mattress company Emma Sleep. Here's why.

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.

The deal that saw external investors acquire a sizeable stake in furniture retailer Loaf was worth far more than first reported.

Wind back the clock nearly three years and we published an article eulogising the underlying strength of the independent furniture retail sector in the U.K.

Headlam Group's new chief financial officer will bring senior leadership experience from big city companies when he takes up the post next spring.

Multi-year series of transactions followed director departure back in 2019.

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

The collapse of Made.com will hit suppliers ranging from furniture makers and importers through to service providers, in addition to employees, shareholders and customers.

Carpenter and Recticel last year agreed a €656 million deal for the former to buy the latter's engineered foam business — the unit that includes its comfort foam operations — but completion had been held up by antitrust concerns.

Furniture, lighting and homeware retailer Made.com (Made) was placed into administration last week with its brand and I.P. instantly sold to Next, the general merchandise retailer.

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

Six companies left creditors facing £2.2 million shortfall.

Halo Creative & Design, parent to premium-pitched furniture retail and wholesale brands Timothy Oulton and Halo, has been one of the most dynamic businesses through the pandemic.

Fashion-to-furnishing retailer Next has acquired the intellectual property of Made.com, the heavily-backed but ultimately-failed Internet furniture retailer.

Eve Sleep is back, and the early signs are that the days of it selling branded CBD drops in camomile and passionflower or ginkgo biloba and ginseng botanical extracts may be over.

Restructuring advisors have been working behind the scenes to broker a deal that will extract the best value possible for the business or assets of Made.com, the embattled furniture and lighting retailer.