Beds and Furniture Sector Quick to Back BFC Autumn Campaign
Furnishing stores along with bed retailers and manufacturers have been quick to back the BFC’s month long campaign to ‘Buy the Best, Buy British, Save Jobs’. According to the British Furniture Confederation (BFC) which in partnership with the National Bed Federation...
BRITISH FURNITURE INDUSTRY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO SAVE JOBS
An unprecedented campaign to support jobs in the British furniture industry launches this week, in a bid by the industry to stave off up to 10,000 jobs at risk due to COVID 19. A survey of National Bed Federation (NBF) and British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) members...
Autumn campaign to boost British furniture
For the first time in history, organisations and businesses across Britain’s furniture industry are joining forces for a special campaign. The ‘Buy British Furniture Event’ is a month-long initiative promoting British home furnishings this autumn. It will promote the...
The Chancellor’s Summer Budget Does Little to Support the Furniture and Furnishings Sector
The Furniture and Furnishings industry believes that the Government has not understood the causational impact of the Covid 19 crisis on an industry serving the Hospitality and Retail sectors as well as the Office, Education and Care sectors. As a c.£20 billion...
BFC uses results of Parliamentary Inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 to lobby government
On 30 April 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group (APPFIG) hosted an oral evidence session as part of its ‘Inquiry into the Impact of COVID-19 on the Furniture and Furnishings Industry’. The evidence provided to the Inquiry and the Report it...
FURNITURE INDUSTRY LEADERS SET FOR COVID-19 INQUIRY
The All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group has launched an inquiry on the impact of COVID-19, in a bid to tackle the critical issues facing the sector. Led jointly with the industry’s political lobbying consortium, the British Furniture Confederation...