BFC Lobbying Succeeds with Four Wins In advance of the Budget, on 2 March 2021, the British Furniture Confederation (BFC) made four key requests of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The first, in December 2020, was to introduce a phased withdrawal of the Stamp Duty...
Britain’s furniture industry is calling on the Chancellor, the Right Hon Rishi Sunak MP, to extend government help to the sector in his March 3 budget. In a letter to the Chancellor, chairman of The British Furniture Confederation (BFC) Jonathan Hindle says if the UK...
BFC’s ‘Buy British Furniture Event’ The ‘Buy British Furniture Event’, which promoted domestically manufactured furniture and furnishings, ran from 19 September to 18 October. The campaign encouraged consumers to ‘Buy the Best, Buy British, Save Jobs’ and thanks to...
The issue of foam shortages affecting the British furniture manufacturing sector has been raised in Parliament. Hilary Benn MP, Labour member for Leeds Central, submitted a Written Question on foam and particleboard shortages late last month (November). The MP for...
The most extensive report on the future of the office and office workers in the UK in view of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the seismic change in the way we work now is here to stay. The massive shift in working arrangements that has taken place since March...
