Longtime Bensons for Beds md Alan Williams says there is space in the market for a new bed specialist after an encouraging start to life for his new retail brand The Sleep Haven.

Beds and sofas group Airsprung has consolidated production after moving its Cavendish Upholstery manufacturing operations to its Trowbridge headquarters.

The National Bed Federation (NBF) will look to encourage a new generation of young people into the U.K. and Irish bed industry after creating a recruitment video targeting school leavers and university graduates.

The closure of West Yorkshire mattress manufacturer Diamond Beds leaves financial and trade creditors facing a shortfall on their outstanding debts.

The owner of adjustable beds and riser chair maker Sitting Pretty had its business recapitalised last year in a transaction that vaporised £11 million of debt.

A Somerset based group whose activities span mattress production to the sale of bedroom cabinet furniture via online marketplaces booked a loss last year after sterling dropped in the aftermath of "the disastrous mini-Budget."

Beds market leader Dreams opened up its Oldbury factory on Thursday to celebrates the 20th anniversary of mattress production at the West Midlands site.

Ecommerce retailer Bed Kingdom has opened a large new West Yorkshire warehouse that will enable the fast-growing company to offer an improved service and shorter lead times.

The mattress market will decline at a shallower rate online than in the sector at large through 2023, according to new research by a leading global authority on furniture and furnishings.

Receivers have taken control of part of a Lancashire mattress factory in an effort to recover funds for creditors, almost three years since the last known trading company operating from the site folded.

A property sale helped boost cash at the group behind the Adjustamatic Beds business and Varimatic furniture brand last year against a background of tougher trading conditions.

The National Bed Federation (NBF) last night crowned the winners of its 2023 Bed Industry Awards at the Bed Show Gala Dinner in Telford, as well as recognising the career of its longtime executive director Jessica Alexander.

The CEO at Beales has retaken control of the department store retailer, ending its spell in the same corporate group as home furnishings chain Fabb Furniture.

Mattress brand Brook + Wilde is back after its new owner relaunched its ecommerce platform with a revised logotype and updated url, both reflecting its new corporate name.

Land of Beds has relaunched its ecommerce website after a 12-month project led by its in-house software team and using its own proprietary technology.

National retail chain Oak Furnitureland has launched its first upholstered storage bed range after a pilot programme that saw a near four-fold rise in online bed sales.

Silentnight, already the U.K.'s biggest bed maker, could become more than three times the size of its next largest equivalent after massive sales growth through the early months of its 2023/24 financial year.

The National Bed Federation (NBF) is to research how the industry can measure the cleanliness of reused and recycled materials from beds and mattresses thanks to a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) with Manchester Metropolitan University (ManMet).

Mattress imports returned to growth in July with the product category on track for a new record high over the course of a full year despite inconsistent figures through 2023 so far.

Restructuring advisors were called in to the £5 million company behind ecommerce beds retailer Bed SOS after an investigation that saw stock seized at a sister retail business unit.

Profits declined from a record high for HSL last year as the upholstered furniture and beds specialist booked higher costs, outweighing the impact of double-digit sales growth.

A serial West Yorkshire investor in distressed assets has come to the rescue of ecommerce kids furniture retailer Great Little Trading Company after it was placed into administration earlier this week.

British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) is moving its longstanding fabric show to a new dateline and venue and will run it alongside the inaugural Furniture Component Expo in 2024.

Underlying profits fell sharply on higher costs and weaker output for Mattressman in the year to March, but the successful completion of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) helped repair the bed retailer's balance sheet.

The East of England beds retail group behind the Mattressman chain has appointed Kevin Johnson, the former chief executive of The Cotswold Company, as chairman.

The upstream mattress and upholstery supply chain has limited bad debt exposure following the reorganisation at the motion furniture group behind the MiBed and Hestia brands, according to new statutory filings.

U.K. factory gate furniture turnover declined at its sharpest rate in 29 months in July but the Office for National Statistic (ONS) says the previous three months were not as bad as originally reported.

H.I.G. European Capital Partners (H.I.G.) has launched a takeover approach for delivery and logistics company DX (Group), one of the largest operators in U.K. furniture and beds fulfilment.

The Dewsbury beds manufacturer behind the Komfet brand has filed for insolvency leaving creditors facing a forecast shortfall of approaching £2 million.

High-end Devon bed maker Enchanted House maintained upwards momentum last year as it continued its ascent after investment through the pandemic.

A gear shift in output through the pandemic has put Birmingham bed manufacturer Dreamland Beds in the Premier League of U.K. bed manufacturing in terms of size.

Hästens Beds U.K. chalked up a fourth seven-figure deficit in the past five years in 2022, prompting its Swedish parent to inject more cash into the business.

Top end bed manufacturer and retailer Savoir boosted revenue and earnings power through 2022 amid receding pandemic impacts and wealthy clients continuing to buy.

West Yorkshire bed manufacturer Kelcol Bedding Co landed six-figure profits in the first year since the founding Kelly family sold the business.

The West Midlands manufacturer behind the adjustable beds and upholstery brands MiBed and Hestia has effected a second corporate restructure inside a little over a year in a move owners say will lead to lower prices.

Three well-known kitchen and tableware brands operated by a Derbyshire supplier that historically generated annual sales of close to £10 million have been rescued via an insolvent buyout.

West Yorkshire bed manufacturer Jay-be is to ramp up its international aspirations after securing a £2.5 million funding package, guaranteed by the U.K. Government's export credit agency.

The National Bed Federation has paid tribute to the seven manufacturing members that will sponsor the 2023 Bed Show, as well as the event's official supporters.

The owner of award-winning independent retailer Linthorpe Beds believes the launch of the Mattresses365 brand can support its plans to become a key national player in the medium term.

Foam company Orsa Foam, a key supplier of semi-finished products for both the mattress and upholstered furniture sectors, is buying out its joint venture partner.



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