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A 30-strong team from Tempur UK will climb Snowdon this month to raise funds and awareness for children’s bed poverty charity Zarach.
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Staples & Co has become headline sponsor of the New Furniture Makers Exhibition, marking the first time the British bed brand has supported the annual showcase of emerging design talent.
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Glasswells is inviting customers and the wider community to share stories and photographs charting their connections with the family-owned retailer over the past eight decades.
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The Master of The Furniture Makers' Company will abseil 100 metres down Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower next month in a fundraising challenge for the furnishing industry's charity.
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Online bed retailer Bedkingdom has named Furnishing Futures as its long-term charity partner, pledging regular donations of mattresses, beds and sofas to support women and children moving into empty social housing after fleeing domestic abuse.
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Tickets are now on sale for this year's Bed Industry Awards gala dinner, which will take place during the opening evening of the 2026 Bed Show.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company has launched a new range of welfare materials aimed at helping furnishing businesses promote the charity's support services to employees and encourage more people to seek help when needed.
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The Furniture Makers' Company has admitted a fine furniture craftsman and an international sourcing specialist as its newest freemen.
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Furniture industry professionals raised £2,400 for The Furniture Makers' Company after businesses from across the sector came together for the charity's second annual Tug of War Tournament & Family Fun Day.
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Six young professionals from across the UK furniture and furnishings sector have completed The Furniture Makers' Company's flagship Young Professionals Industry Experience (YPIE), a two-week programme designed to provide a broad understanding of the industry.
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The funeral of Jacqui Stefanov, the Tempur UK md from 1995–2015, will take place Wednesday, July 1, 2026, the company has announced.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company’s annual Big Shots clay pigeon shooting fundraiser generated £30,000 for the industry charity at its 31st edition, held at the Holland & Holland shooting grounds in Middlesex.
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Jonathan Hindle, president and managing director of workplace furniture manufacturer KI Europe and former chairman of the British Furniture Confederation (BFC), has been awarded an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours List for services to the furniture industry.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company is inviting furnishing industry businesses to field teams for its Midlands Region Tug of War Tournament and Family Fun Day later this month as the charity seeks to raise funds for people working in the UK furnishings sector.
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Dreams has launched a three-year partnership with mental health charities Mind and Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH), committing £150,000 in donations and aiming to raise additional funds through staff, customer and community fundraising initiatives.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company is inviting furnishing industry professionals to a summer networking event at its City of London headquarters next month, as the charity and livery company seeks to broaden engagement across the sector.
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Dreams founder Mike Clare has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Furniture Makers’ Company in recognition of his contribution to the UK bed and furniture industry.
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Jessica Alexander has been installed as the 64th master of The Furniture Makers’ Company, succeeding Debbie Johnson at the City of London livery company and furnishing industry charity’s annual installation ceremony.
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Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, said it has worked with food waste platform Too Good To Go to save one million “Surprise Bags” containing surplus food from going to waste across 14 countries and 240 IKEA stores.
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Mental health support and the impact of changing working patterns were discussed at the latest HR forum hosted by the British Furniture Association (BFA).
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Customers of Bensons for Beds have raised more than £32,000 for homelessness charity Crisis through a month-long fundraising drive tied to mattress sales.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company has opened entries for its 2026 New Furniture Makers Awards, with submissions invited from emerging designer-makers across the UK.
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Wolf Components, the Rotherham based supplier to the mattress industry, has been named co-sponsor of the Manufacturing Guild Mark, alongside Biesse UK.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and industry charity, has admitted four new freemen at a ceremony held at Furniture Makers’ Hall in London last week.
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Harrison Spinks will donate 26 bespoke mattresses to children experiencing bed poverty as part of a fundraising initiative tied to the London Marathon, with its head of marketing David Labuschagne set to run the 26-mile race.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company will stage the 31st edition of its Big Shots fundraising event on June 10, 2026, at the Holland & Holland Shooting Ground in Northwood, Middlesex.
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The Sustainable Design Forum will return for its fourth edition on April 23, 2026 at Crypt on the Green in Clerkenwell, bringing together designers, manufacturers and suppliers from across the workplace and furniture sectors.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company has admitted one new individual liveryman and three corporate liverymen at a ceremony held at Furniture Makers’ Hall in London.
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Asset disposal specialist BPI has overseen the sale of the personal workshop of the late furniture designer Mark Wilkinson OBE, offering machinery and tools accumulated during decades of furniture making.
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The Yorkshire Region of The Furniture Makers’ Company raised £2,900 at its tenth annual Yorkshire Curry Night, held on February 26, 2026 at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.
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The Ideal Home Show will donate furniture from this year’s exhibition and raise funds onsite as part of a new partnership with charity Furnishing Futures, which supports women and children escaping domestic abuse.
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Sleepeezee has donated £25,000 to the British Heart Foundation following a year of sales of its Travelodge Dreamer mattress, taking total funds raised through the partnership to more than £220,000 since 2017.
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The managing director of one of the UK’s largest sofa manufacturers was seated centre-frame at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday night as his son collected two BAFTAs, beating Hollwood royalty in the process.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company is accepting nominations for its 2026 Young Professional Industry Experience, a two-week programme aimed at early-career professionals in the UK furnishings sector.
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Soft furnishings company Tyrone Textiles has partnered with The Sleep Charity by donating a percentage of sales from selected Enhanced Living blackout curtains to the organisation.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company says it has raised £9,515 from its third annual Online Christmas Charity Auction, held from December 1–12, 2025.
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Premium bed maker Tempur has donated £10,000 to Zarach’s festive “Big Give” appeal, extending a partnership with the charity aimed at tackling child bed poverty in England.
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Robert Aramayo, son of Buoyant Upholstery managing director Mike Aramayo, has won the Best Lead Performance award at the British Independent Film Awards for his role in I Swear, ahead of other nominees including Jennifer Lawrence and Cillian Murphy.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company will open its latest Online Christmas Charity Auction in early December, aiming to raise funds for its education, training and welfare programmes across the UK furnishing industry.
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Wolf Components sales director George Joyce has been named the second recipient of The Furniture Makers’ Company’s Graham Kirkham Award.
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Bed Kingdom has donated mattresses to Rainbow Baby Bank after the Heckmondwike charity’s funding was withdrawn, stepping in to support local families amid rising demand for essential items.
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Mike Aramayo, managing director of Colne sofa manufacturer Buoyant Upholstery, hired an entire cinema for nearly 100 guests to watch I Swear, the new film starring his son, actor Robert Aramayo.
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Privately-owned national retailer Furniture Village will headline sponsor the New Furniture Makers exhibition, the annual showcase organised by The Furniture Makers’ Company to highlight emerging UK design and manufacturing talent.
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Rotherham-based retailer Mattress Online has partnered with the Beds for Babies: A Safe Space to Sleep programme to provide free delivery of beds, cots and other items to families across South Yorkshire.
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MattressNextDay has named The Fifth Trust, a Kent-based charity supporting adults with learning disabilities, as its charity of the year for 2026.
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Barker and Stonehouse’s annual Teesside Golf Day brought in £21,000 for The Furniture Makers’ Company at this year’s event in North Yorkshire.
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Bensons for Beds’ long-running tie-up with the British Heart Foundation has now generated £8 million for the charity through customer donations of second-hand bed frames and mattresses.
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The Sleep Charity and Bed Advice UK, the consumer-facing arm of the National Bed Federation, are calling on retailers and manufacturers to support this year’s Sleeptember campaign.
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Peter Keen, chairman of British bed maker Hypnos and a prominent figure in the UK bed industry for more than half a century, has died aged 81, the company has announced.
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The National Golf Day, this year sponsored by Bensons for Beds, has raised £5,200 for The Furniture Makers’ Company.
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AIT Home Delivery has joined The Furniture Makers’ Company as a corporate member, aligning the two-person delivery specialist with the City of London livery company and furnishing industry charity.
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A family fun day hosted by the Midlands Region of The Furniture Makers’ Company brought together around 200 people from the local furnishing industry, raising £1,650 for charity.
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Big Shots, the furnishing industry’s annual clay pigeon shoot, raised a record sum for charity as it marked its 30th anniversary with a landmark event attended by over 160 people from across the sector.
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Heal’s has launched a partnership with Furnishing Futures, the interiors industry charity that creates homes for women and children who have escaped domestic abuse.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company will host its longest-running fundraiser, the National Golf Day, on July 16, 2025 at Northamptonshire County Golf Club.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company will hold its fifth annual HR conference in July, bringing together human resources professionals from across the UK furniture and furnishings sector for a programme focused on workforce resilience and development.
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Finline Furniture, the family-owned Irish business with a 45-year heritage, has received the Excellence in Sustainability and Climate Action Award from the Laois Chamber of Commerce, recognising the company's commitment to sustainable practices and social impact.
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She succeeds Brian Ahern following the annual Installation Ceremony held on May 12 at Mansion House.
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George Joyce, sales director at Rotherham mattress spring maker Wolf Components, completed the 2025 London Marathon on April 27, raising nearly £5,000 for The Furniture Makers’ Company, the industry’s dedicated charity and City of London livery company.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and dedicated furnishing industry charity, has raised more than £250,000 over the past year, marking the highest total in its 120-year history of charitable activity.
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Bed manufacturer Sleepeezee has donated over £30,000 to British Heart Foundation, part of a tie-up with the charity that goes back nearly a decade.
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Alan Scott, who died earlier this month aged 78, spent almost all his working life in the furniture and bedding industry, forging a reputation as a builder and reviver of brands.
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George Joyce, sales director at pocket spring manufacturer Wolf Components, hopes to raise £7,000 for The Furniture Makers' Company by running the London Marathon.
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Material Choices for more Sustainable Products, the latest in a series of events by industry charity and City of London livery The Furniture Makers' Company, was a sell out, underscoring the interest in the subject across the industry.
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The ninth annual Curry Night, organised by the Yorkshire Region of The Furniture Makers’ Company, has raised £1,800 for the industry charity.
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Independent retailer Cookes Furniture says it is with great sadness that it announces the death of Graham Cooke, its chairman, describing him as a beloved and larger-than-life character in the furniture industry. He was 72 years old.
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The Furniture Makers' Company (FMC), the industry charity and livery, is hosting a sustainability event exploring the impact of new and established materials used in the production of furniture and furnishings.
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Simon Spinks, chairman of Leeds bed manufacturer Harrison Spinks, has been awarded an OBE in recognition of his contribution to the mattress and bed industry.
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Tempur has announced the death of longtime area manager Andrew Soutar, describing him as a much-loved and popular member of the team and one of the foundation stones for the brand in the U.K. and Ireland.
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Sandra Fawcett, personal assistant to Barker and Stonehouse managing director James Barker, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Graham Kirkham Award for her work in organising golf days that have collectively raised over £250,000 for charity.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and industry charity, announced the winners of its Young Furniture Makers Awards and Prizes at the 2024 Young Furniture Makers exhibition last week.
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Registration has launched for the 2024 edition of the Young Furniture Makers Exhibition, the one-day event showcasing designs from participants spanning emerging designer-makers through to employers and key furnishing industry players.
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Last month's National Golf Day, the longest running fundraising event of The Furniture Makers' Company, raised £7,663 for the industry charity.
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Emma Leeke, md of Leekes Retail, is among seven new industry officials to become freemen of The Furniture Makers' Company, the industry charity and livery company.
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The Furniture Makers' Company (TFMC) has grown its corporate membership by a fifth over the past six months, boosting funds for its charitable and educational endeavours.
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Big Shots, the annual clay pigeon shoot organised in aid of The Furniture Makers’ Company (TFMC), has raised an all-time high amount of £42,000 for the industry charity.
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Bed maker Sleepeezee has made another annual donation to The Children's Hospital Charity as it continues to pass on part of the money raised from sales of its Jessica mattress.
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The Furniture Makers' Company, the industry charity and livery company, is to organise and host another one-day summer conference for HR professionals working across the sector.
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Brian Ahern was installed as the 62nd Master of The Furniture Makers’ Company (FMC) ahead of the City of London livery company and industry charity's annual Installation Dinner in London on Monday evening.
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Sleepeezee donates to the British Heart Foundation while David Tracey raises cash for The Furniture Makers' Company.
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Bed manufacturer and retailer Bensons for Beds has become the latest corporate member of The Furniture Makers' Company (TFMC), the industry charity and City of London livery.
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The furniture industry's biggest fundraiser takes place in June, one of three late spring/early summer events signposted by the trade's dedicated charity.
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A record 20 people working in the U.K. furniture and furnishing industry were last night admitted as freemen of The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and industry charity.
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The Women in Furniture Network (WIFN) has launched a Mentorship Platform as it builds on the success of its third networking event, held at the January Furniture Show earlier this year.
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The eighth annual Curry Night, organised by the Yorkshire Region of The Furniture Makers’ Company (TFMC), has raised £2,000 for the industry charity.
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Upholstery manufacturer Whitemeadow Furniture has again become a corporate member of The Furniture Makers' Company (TFMC), the industry charity and livery company.
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The National Bed Federation has announced Anton Du Beke, star of BBC light entertainment programme Strictly Come Dancing, as the host of its 2024 Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
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Margaret Miller, the first female master of The Furniture Makers' Company and industry leader with Knightsbridge Furniture, has died. She was 87 years old.
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Sealy U.K., the bed manufacturing joint venture between Tempur Sealy International and Dyer Holdings, has become a corporate member of The Furniture Makers' Company, the industry charity and livery company.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishings industry, has launched a corporate video telling the organisation’s story through the voices of several prominent members.
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Easy Rest Beds, the family-owned company behind the Barker & Finch brand, says it hopes to create additional employment and invest in increased manufacturing capacity through 2024.
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Sleepeezee has produced and donated limited edition children's books to The Children's Hospital Charity as part of the launch of Little Bedz, its new kids beds product line.
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The Furniture Makers' Company, the industry charity and livery company, has raised over £11,000 from its festive online auction, beating the target set before it began last month.
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The Furniture Makers' Company (TFMC), the industry charity and livery company, on Tuesday night named the recipients of its 60 for 60 Awards — championing a potential new generation of future leaders.
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Beds market leader Dreams and housing and homelessness charity Shelter have launched a children's book aimed at breaking the stigma of families who are homeless in temporary accommodation.
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The Furniture Makers' Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, is launching a month-long Online Christmas Charity Auction, with the hope of raising at least £10,000.
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Fifth generation bed manufacturer Harrison Spinks has joined the Wild Ingleborough programme, a multi-partner, landscape-scale conservation project working with the local community to bring about nature’s recovery in parts of North Yorkshire and within the Yorkshire Dales.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, has announced the winners of its 2023 Young Furniture Makers Awards and Prizes.
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The annual Teesside Golf Day organised by privately-owned furniture retailer Barker and Stonehouse raised £14,000 for The Furniture Makers’ Company, the dedicated industry charity and livery company.
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Peter Kelsey, md of Chesterfield-based Designer Contracts, has been made a patron of North Derbyshire’s Ashgate Hospice, in recognition of the floorcoverings supplier's longstanding support for the charity.
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Jeff Hughes has become only the fourth person in Housing Units' 76 year history to reach a milestone 40 years with the company, one of the largest home furnishings retailers in the country.
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The family of Furniture Factors owner Barry Bruce say they have been overwhelmed by the messages they have received since his death was announced earlier this month.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company (TFMC) is launching MyFurnitureCareer.org.uk, an early careers website that aims to reduce the growing skills gap and attract young people into the industry.
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Upholstered furniture retailer ScS has donated another £27,000 to Shelter, taking the total monetary value of its partnership with the homelessness charity north of £100,000.
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Furniture trade show organiser Clarion Events has lined up three more meeting dates for Women in Furniture, the new industry network which was launched earlier this summer.
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The Furniture Makers' Company, the industry charity and City of London livery company, will next month host an event called Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace.
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The parent company of upholstery brands Alstons, Alexander and James, Ashley Manor, and AMX Design has joined The Furniture Makers’ Company (TFMC), the City of London livery company and charity to the furnishing industry, as a corporate member.
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Carpetright has developed a project designed to improve the lives of families living in social housing across the U.K. with the aim of reducing the number of vulnerable people being left living with bare floors.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, has launched a call for entries for its 60th anniversary campaign honouring 60 outstanding young people working in the furniture and furnishing industry.
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The 28th edition of Big Shots, the annual clay pigeon shoot organised in aid of The Furniture Makers’ Company, raised £35,000 for the charity.
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Industry charity The Furniture Makers' Company is planning a summer event designed to promote knowledge sharing and elevate the understanding of sustainability issues.
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The National Bed Federation’s (NBF) consumer arm Bed Advice U.K. has sponsored The Sleep Charity’s new adult sleep eBook, which aims to help the nation sleep better.
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Edward Tadros, chairman of family-owned furniture maker Ercol until the summer of last year, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and furnishing industry charity.
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Amanda Waring, the furniture and garden designer, has been installed as the 61st master of The Furniture Makers' Company, and plans to raise awareness of the industry's future leaders during her time at the helm.
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Upholstery and flooring retailer ScS is partnering Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity, by supporting the organisation’s work with donations of cash, unwanted products, and time.
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Big Shots, the clay pigeon shoot that is historically the biggest fundraiser in the furniture industry's charity calendar, will this year take place Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
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South Wales home office and workplace furniture manufacturer Bisley has announced the death of its owner and chairman Anthony Brown at the age of 86.
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Graeme Sutherland, the longstanding sales director at Ashwood Designs and respected stalwart of the U.K. sofa industry, has died, the upholstered furniture manufacturer has announced.
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Silentnight has delivered more than 900 mattresses and beds to children’s charity Zarach since the start of its partnership in August, the Barnoldswick manufacturer has announced.
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The seventh annual Curry Night organised by the Yorkshire region of The Furniture Makers’ Company has raised over £2,500, with more than 100 guests attending the March 2, 2023 event.
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Bed market leader Dreams has agreed a three-year partnership with housing and homelessness charity Shelter to raise funds and awareness to address the housing emergency.
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Kent bed maker Sleepeezee has taken the total amount it has donated to The Children's Hospital Charity into six figures with its latest annual contribution.
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Dewsbury MP Mark Eastwood, who also chairs the All Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group, is to be the special guest speaker at the seventh annual Yorkshire Curry Night, organised by the Yorkshire Region of The Furniture Makers’ Company.
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Bensons for Beds is partnering homelessness charity Crisis via a series of initiatives spanning donations from mattress sales to fundraising and volunteering.
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Furniture and homewares retailer Loaf is partnering St Mungo's, a charity working to end homelessness and transform the lives of people facing and experiencing homelessness in the U.K.
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The Cornish Bed Company has been awarded the Manufacturing Guild Mark from The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry.
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The January Furniture Show returns at the NEC in Birmingham next month (Jan. 22–25, 2023) with an expanded international exhibitor roster and a series of new partnerships.
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3CAD, a visual configure, price, quote (CPQ) software provider, has joined The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity to the furnishing industry, as a corporate member.
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Furniture wholesaler Kettle Interiors has paid tribute to its founder John Kettle, who died Saturday, November 5, aged 73.
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The Young Furniture Makers exhibition, organised by The Furniture Makers’ Company, returned after a three-year hiatus earlier this month to showcase and celebrate the work of 100 emerging designers and makers.
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Industry clay pigeon shooters raised £8,000 for The Furniture Makers' Company charity at Northern Big Shots last month.
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60 members of the furniture trade attended the Barker & Stonehouse annual golf day, which this year raised £12,000 for The Furniture Makers' Company, the furnishings industry charity.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, has launched a confidential text service to offer support to people working in the sector.
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Leading companies and institutions across Britain's furniture and floorcoverings industries have responded quickly in paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death on Thursday.
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National retailer Bensons for Beds has raised £21,370 to help 100 children get a better night's sleep. It is part of a longstanding partnership with Absolute Radio's Cash for Kids charity.
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Some of the brightest new designers entering the industry will showcase their talent as The Young Furniture Makers Exhibition returns for the the first time in three years this autumn.
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Industry charity The Furniture Makers' Company is inviting the trade's human resource professionals to a free conference to learn about the charity’s welfare support and how it can benefit the lives of employees who might be struggling due to the cost of living crisis.
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La-Z-Boy is to expand a 14-year partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities by fundraising for the organisation in this year’s TCS London Marathon.
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Two of the largest fundraisers in the furniture industry calendar have yielded close to £40,000 for The Furniture Makers' Company, the charity and City of London Livery.
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Cyclists from retailer Mattress Online have completed a 140-mile bike ride across the width of the country fundraising for Zarach, a charity that fights against child bed poverty in the U.K.
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Industry charity The Furniture Makers’ Company is issuing a final call for teams to participate in Big Shots 2022, its annual charity clay pigeon shoot.
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