The following is a summary of activities carried out by the BFC over the period September 2018 to March 2019 Trade and Exports Update on the United Kingdom’s negotiations to leave the European Union On 10 April 2019, the EU council concluded that it will grant an...
Over the past couple of months BEIS ( the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) has been holding a series of briefing sessions for trade associations and industry representatives. They have now produced a handy summary of the key changes that...
Ms Maggie Throup MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group (APPFIG), secured a Westminster Hall debate on 23 January 2019 that examined the contribution of furniture manufacturing to the UK economy. Ms Throup used the opportunity to champion UK...
The British Furniture Confederation (BFC) has produced a video which graphically demonstrates how consumers may be at risk from the sale of chairs, passed as safe, but likely to go up in flames. The BFC, an alliance of the industry’s main trade associations,...
The British Furniture Confederation (BFC) has welcomed the publication of the Government’s export strategy, with an expressed hope that its words will be met with effective action. Jonathan Hindle, chairman of the BFC said: “I welcome the strategic approach that has...
