Eight companies left creditors facing an estimated £3.5 million shortfall.

43 furnishings companies were placed into administration, liquidation, wound up or dissolved in the past week. Full list here. [Premium]

Complete list of all countries from which upholstered furniture was imported into the UK in the first seven months of 2026, including the value of goods, year-on-year comparisons, and five years of data.

Complete list of all countries from which foam and sprung mattresses were imported into the UK in the first seven months of 2026, including the value of goods, year-on-year comparisons, and five years of data.

Complete list of all countries from which carpets of all construction type were imported into the UK in the first seven months of 2026, including the value of goods, year-on-year comparisons, and five years of data.

Tapi has challenged and then usurped the leader, benefitting from market tumult. [Premium]

Tapi Carpets & Floors had a spectacular 2025, but you would not know it from the direction of its cash balance. [Premium]

Property loss worsened the bottom line, but boosted cash reserves. [Premium]

More than 80 new industry companies were incorporated in the period between August 31–September 6, 2026 inclusive. Full list by business type.

Dunelm's ambition to become a bigger homewares specialist will not necessarily mean a bigger opportunity for every supplier. [Premium]

Administration usually means total wipeout for equity holders, but yesterday's development make that conclusion considerably less certain. [Premium]

139 furnishings companies were placed into administration, liquidation, wound up or dissolved in the past week. Full list here. [Premium]

Seven companies left creditors facing an estimated £10.9 million shortfall.

Behind Highgrove Beds’ record sales and profit rebound, the group accounts reveal a much bigger story about the financial strength of the business and its owners. [Premium]

Somnigroup says it expects Leggett & Platt to retain its third-party mattress manufacturing customers following its takeover by the owner of Tempur Sealy and Dreams. [Premium]

More than 60 new industry companies were incorporated in the period between August 24–30, 2026 inclusive. Full list by business type.

25 companies left creditors facing an estimated £5.5 million shortfall.

Southern Motion has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a US insolvency procedure designed to give financially troubled businesses an opportunity to reorganise while continuing to trade. [Premium]

87 furnishings companies were placed into administration, liquidation, wound up or dissolved in the past week. Full list here. [Premium]

Man Wah’s growing investment in DFS doesn't look unusual when viewed against the retailer’s shareholder register, but what is more notable is the explicit strategic rationale now being attached to it. [Premium]

Two successive multimillion-pound losses have eaten into Sterling Furniture Group's resources, but its balance sheet illustrates the underlying strength of the family-owned retailer. [Premium]

The investment firm taking control of Headlam Group's Netherlands businesses has previously backed companies spanning furniture manufacturing, beds retail and components supply. [Premium]

Nine years ago, Janus Cooper explained why he had sold Tetrad after decades with the Preston sofa manufacturer. Now he has returned. [Premium]

More than 70 new industry companies were incorporated in the period between August 17–23, 2026 inclusive. Full list by business type.

93 furnishings companies were placed into administration, liquidation, wound up or dissolved in the past week. Full list here. [Premium]

Eight companies left creditors facing an estimated £3.8 million shortfall.

The latest accounts from My Furniture show how the composition of the ecommerce furniture retailer's balance sheet has changed markedly over recent years. [Premium]

The amount paid for Sleepeezee in May 2024 already looks modest when the acquisition accounting emerged last autumn. A subsequent property transaction adds weight to that view. [Premium]

Longer-term numbers illustrate how much harder the market has become for the mid-premium furniture retailer Loaf despite it stemming the rate at which sales are falling. [Premium]

More than 70 new industry companies were incorporated in the period between August 10–16, 2026 inclusive. Full list by business type.

Nine companies left creditors facing an estimated £5.1 million shortfall.

Complete list of all countries from which vinyl flooring was imported into the UK in the first half of 2026, including the value of goods, year-on-year comparisons, and five years of data.

Complete list of all countries from which carpets of all construction type were imported into the UK in the first half of 2026, including the value of goods, year-on-year comparisons, and five years of data.

Complete list of all countries from which wood living, dining, bedroom, home office and kitchen furniture were imported into the UK in the first half of 2026, including the value of goods, year-on-year comparisons, and five years of data.

96 furnishings companies were placed into administration, liquidation, wound up or dissolved in the past week. Full list here. [Premium]

A newly-disclosed property provision goes a long way to explaining why ecommerce furniture retailer Furniturebox slipped into the red last year. [Premium]

Complete list of all countries from which foam and sprung mattresses were imported into the UK in the first half of 2026, including the value of goods, year-on-year comparisons, and five years of data.

For Britain's flooring retailers, Tapi's victory over HMRC removes some of the uncertainty that has hung over one of the trade's most established ways of selling fitting. [Premium]

Complete list of all countries from which upholstered furniture was imported into the UK in the first half of 2026, including the value of goods, year-on-year comparisons, and five years of data.

10 companies left creditors facing a forecast shortfall of £1.9 million.