NEW CHAIRMAN FOR THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY’S ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP
Mark Eastwood, Conservative MP for Dewsbury, has been appointed Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group (APPFIG). He takes over from Mike Wood, Conservative MP for Dudley South, who has led the Group since it was newly formed in 2020, following...
DEFRA releases results of study into POPs in domestic upholstery waste
This week the government (DEFRA) has circulated the results of a study into whether chemicals listed as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are likely to be found in the domestic seating waste stream. The BFC (represented by technical personnel from NBF, BFM and...
BFC URGES GOVERNMENT ‘ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL’ IN EPR PLAN FOR FURNITURE
The British Furniture Confederation (BFC) is cautioning the government to beware of the unintended consequences of treating the furniture industry as a single, homogenous sector in its plans to consult on an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for furniture...
BFC Calls on Chancellor to Extend Help to Furniture Industry
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...
Questions raised in Parliament over the furniture industry foam shortage
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...
FUTURE OF OFFICE WORKERS – MAJOR REPORT PUBLISHED
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...