Markets / TRADE & INDUSTRY / May.08

Manufacturers positive for first time in a year

Business survey presents upbeat outlook for producers
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Markets / TRADE & INDUSTRY / May.03

House of Fraser and BHS among 150 flying British flag

BFM calls for more retailers and producers to join

bhs Great British Furniture month in June will be one of the most significant and positive things to happen to the furniture industry in a long time, according to BFM commercial director Adam Mason.

Markets / TRADE & INDUSTRY / Apr.25

New clerk for Furniture Makers' company

Livery company appoints FIRA operating chief

Jonny Westbrooke, chief operating officer at FIRA, is to leave the trade and industry services group to become clerk of the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, the industry livery company.

Markets / TRADE & INDUSTRY / Apr.19

In Brief: Bed awards host, Manchester update, TFO on TV

News shorts from across the industry
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Markets / TRADE & INDUSTRY / Apr.30

Industry players make Sunday Times Rich List+

Furnishings sector has 25 of UK's wealthiest 1,000

Lord Kirkham and Mike Clare, who sold DFS and Dreams respectively to private equity companies, are two of 25 furniture and furnishings individuals and families to make the Sunday Times annual Rich List compendium.

Markets / TRADE & INDUSTRY / Apr.23

Shoppers fret over family finances

Markit index falls to three month low
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Markets / TRADE & INDUSTRY / Mar.21

Budget 2012: Chancellor strives to find growth

George Osborne outlines 2012/13 tax and spend policy

A cut in the rate of corporation tax was among a series of measures introduced by the Chancellor George Osborne today as he sought to find answers to Britain's stuttering economic growth.