Fairway Furniture says thousands of shoppers visited its new North Devon store during its first fortnight of trading as the independent retailer completed its expansion into Barnstaple.

Two of the South West’s longest-established independent furniture retailers have expanded their store networks in Devon within days of one another, completing previously-signposted openings over the weekend.

Gardiner Haskins swung to a loss last year as the closure of its Cirencester store weighed on the performance of the furniture and home improvement retailer.

Furniture retailer Connollys of Moy is expanding its physical footprint with the opening of departments inside an initial three Menarys stores in Northern Ireland, starting in Bangor this weekend.

Glasswells is inviting customers and the wider community to share stories and photographs charting their connections with the family-owned retailer over the past eight decades.

Liverpool furniture and home retailer Taskers said it has returned to profitability and achieved a double-digit sales lift as the supervisor of its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) reported the business remains compliant with the restructuring agreed two years ago.

Family-owned furniture and flooring retailer Glasswells celebrated its 80th anniversary by recognising long-serving employees at a gala event attended by 250 current and former staff, members of the Glasswell family and retired colleagues.

Cheshire and North Staffordshire retailer The M6 Bed Warehouse has formally opened its third store after announcing plans to expand earlier this year.

Andersons of Inverurie recovered all of the revenue lost the previous year in the 12 months to October 31, 2025 but higher costs and margin contraction meant profits dipped to a four-year low.

Borrowing costs linked to the opening of a second retail showroom weighed on earnings for independent upholstery vertical The Sofa Library last year.

Jones the Furnishers is to close after 90 years in business, bringing the curtain down on the long-established independent Northampton furniture retailer.

Independent furniture retailer Hatfields is closing its Colchester budget and clearance store after 16 years, as rising operating costs and weaker demand prompt the family-owned business to concentrate on its main showroom ahead of a major refurbishment.

The family behind independent furniture retailer Roomes has bought out the shareholdings of relatives wishing to sell, consolidating ownership of the business and creating a simpler platform for future strategy and succession.

North West furniture retailer Stollers delivered what it called a resilient performance in its latest financial year, with the privately-owned company expanding margins despite lower sales.

Independent furniture retailer Blackbridge Furnishings continued to bolster its balance sheet value after recording further six-figure profits in 2024/25.

Loom Loft has been named in the 2026 FEBE Growth 100, a ranking of the UK's fastest-growing founder-led businesses, adding to a year in which the furniture and interiors retailer also collected an industry award.

Long-running North Devon retail store Deep Valley is to close later this summer as its cabinet furniture supply affiliate adjusts its focus further towards third-party retail customers.

A long-established Scottish furniture retailer is to close its Glasgow showroom after almost three decades, citing declining city centre footfall, rising operating costs and the impact of transport restrictions.

A Leicester furniture retailer has been sold to a new owner linked to the founding family, preserving 28 jobs and ensuring customer orders will be completed despite the closure of the original operating company.

Terms of the property sale of the Bennetts Family Furnishings store in Banbury have been disclosed following the closure of the independent furniture retailer last year.

George Street Furnishers is undertaking a major refurbishment of the top floor of its flagship store as the historic Newport retailer invests in its city-centre premises.

Independent furniture retailer Home Sweet Home has closed its Peterborough store less than a year after opening, with the business now planning a relocation to a new site in the nearby Whittlesey area.

Privately-owned furniture retailer Aldiss reported record sales for a third consecutive year, with both order intake and delivered revenue reaching new highs in the year to September 27, 2025, according to a company statement ahead of filing accounts.

The company behind North East beds retailer Slzzp was placed into administration after a post-pandemic slowdown in demand combined with rising operating costs to erode profitability, restructuring advisors have said.

Barretts of Woodbridge has filed a second notice of intention to appoint administrators, extending a period of creditor protection as directors continue to explore a potential sale of the business.

Southons of Salisbury is to permanently close its Catherine Street store and business, ending nearly 120 years of trading for the family-run furniture retailer.

A fourth-generation Aberdeenshire furniture, flooring and removals business put up for sale two years ago as its owners prepare to step back has reduced its asking price.

Glasswells is planning a year of events and promotional activity in 2026 as the East Anglian home department store retailer marks its 80th anniversary, underscoring its position as one of the UK's largest independents.

A Wakefield-based furniture retailer has acquired its town centre premises after securing funding from NPIF II – Mercia Debt Finance, in a move aimed at underpinning future growth.

Fairway Furniture plans to open a 15,000 sqft store at Brannams Retail Park in Barnstaple in late summer 2026, marking its first entry into North Devon and its fifth location in the South West of England.

A London furniture retail company has folded leaving a large five-figure debt to the Home Office's Immigration Enforcement department.

A Manchester furniture retailer that has traded for more than seven decades and become closely associated with contemporary designer furniture in the North West is preparing to close its doors.

EZ Living Interiors has unveiled a vast new warehouse that provides the Irish furniture retailer with additional capacity to support expansion.

Historic Sheffield furniture and floorcoverings retailer Barkers will this weekend begin a stock clearance sale ahead of merging from two stores to one.

World of Beds has opened a store in Great Yarmouth, extending the privately-owned retailer’s estate across East Anglia.

Privately-owned Gillies of Broughty Ferry has submitted a change-of-use planning application to convert a 1.61 acre former car dealership in the Highlands into a furniture store.

Independent retailer Home & Garden Clearance Outlet has opened a furniture store in central Swindon, taking over a former Poundland unit at the Brunel Shopping Centre.

Barrow-in-Furness furniture retailer Dandy’s has disclosed that it is close to finalising its insurance claim relating to storm damage suffered at its Duke Street trading premises in late 2023.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has cancelled the consumer credit authorisation of a small Scottish furniture and flooring retailer, saying the business was no longer carrying out regulated activity.

Privately-owned Wiltshire retailer Knees Home & Electrical will wind down its retail operations, ending more than a century of trading, with all in-store and online activity set to cease by January 31, 2026.

Cornwall retailer Julian Foye, one of southern England's largest furniture independents, plans to open a new showroom in Tavistock in summer 2026, marking its first move into Devon.

Brook House Interiors plans to relocate its retail operation in Oxfordshire, closing its Furniture Barn showroom in Rotherfield Peppard at the end of February, and opening a new studio in nearby Nuffield later in the spring.

Heritage independent furniture retailer Reynolds booked seven-figure profits in the past year as earnings more than doubled after an earlier decline.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has cancelled a North West furniture company's consumer-credit permissions after it failed to submit two years of mandatory regulatory returns or respond to formal warnings from the regulator.

Adjusted earnings at furniture, carpets and department store retailer Austins climbed in the year to February 1, 2025 as higher sales and wider gross margin offset rising operating costs.

Seaside furniture retailer Codgers of Clacton will reopen today, three months after a fire destroyed its former premises in West Avenue following an arson attack.

J&W Carpets, Scotland's self-styled largest flooring discounter, booked lower profits last year as challenging trading conditions weighed on demand and margins.

Elphicks of Farnham came within a whisker of ending an eight-year run of losses after achieving higher sales and improved margins at its Surrey-based department store operations in 2024/25. EBITDA remained positive.

Furniture and department store retailer Bradbeers has secured planning permission to carry out the biggest upgrade to its New Milton store in eight decades, including the addition of a roof terrace overlooking the town.

Oldrid & Co, the Lincolnshire-based company behind furniture, home and garden retailer Downtown, strengthened its cash position and improved profitability in the year to January 25, 2025.

Heritage living and dining furniture retailer David Salmon is to downsize with the planned permanent closure of one of its two stores.

North West retailer BM Furniture has begun a clearance sale ahead of the permanent closure of its Bispham warehouse on the Fylde Coast.

Privately-owned furniture retailer Stollers has now invested close to £1 million on capital projects over the past three years upgrading its Barrow showroom, delivery fleet and energy systems.

Scottish furniture retailer The Designer Rooms is to close one of its Glasgow stores with the lease soon to expire.

Independent retailer Browns of York maintained profits last year as an upwards revaluation of its investment property assets offset the impact of rising costs within the business.

Hafren Furnishers increased its cash holdings after selling investment assets in the year to January 31, 2025, ahead of a post-year-end share buyback by the privately-owned Welsh furniture retailer.

Storied independent retailer McDermott’s House Furnishers is adding a second location in the west of Ireland after acquiring the former Madden Furniture premises in Ennis.

Sixth-generation retailer Fairway Furniture has reopened its Plymouth flagship after flooding swept through the site less than a year after a major refurbishment.

Sussex Beds chief executive Steve Pickering said the retailer “moves forward stronger, wiser, and eager to pursue our plans for growth and new opportunities” despite closing its Horley store.

Glasgow furniture retailer The Store Interiors is to close permanently, bringing nearly 40 years of trade to an end.

The group behind Norwich department store retailer Jarrolds and modern furniture store The Granary has reported revenue higher than previously disclosed after restating its accounts to reflect concession income more accurately.

Liverpool-based furniture and home retailer Taskers is keeping to the terms of its company voluntary arrangement, with the supervisor confirming that regular contributions have been made since the agreement began in May 2024.

Privately-owned furniture retailer Cookes lifted sales past £11 million and booked higher profits in what managing director James Pike described as a difficult year following the death of chairman Graham Cooke.

Privately-owned furniture retailer W.J. Aldiss has submitted plans to replace a storage building at its Fakenham distribution site, marking the latest phase of a wider redevelopment programme first initiated in 2023.

Independent retailer Sound Sleep Beds has received planning consent to relocate its Norwich store to a new and larger premises at White Lodge Business Estate, Hall Road.

The retail arm of privately-owned Andersons of Inverurie reported a drop in annual profit last year as softer consumer demand pushed turnover down by nearly 4 percent.

Heritage furniture retailer Vaseys of Carlisle has announced the planned permanent closure of its last-remaining store.

The one-time nine-store Northern Ireland retailer behind the HouseProud Furnishings chain is continuing to trade on a downsized basis following an insolvent restructure that compromises creditor debts.

Sturtons & Tappers, the independent furniture retailer that dates back to 1906 and for a period ran stores across the South of England, is to close permanently. Its owners are planning to retire.

Furniture and home retailer Gardiner Haskins increased annual turnover and profit in 2024, ahead of the strategic decision to close its Cirencester home improvement store earlier this year. The property is now for sale.

Department store and garden centre operator Goulds held turnover broadly flat and modestly increased profit in its latest financial year, despite continued pressure from high interest costs.

Cumbrian furniture retailer Dandy’s has opened a temporary clearance outlet in Barrow as it prepares to transition to a new warehouse later this year.

Madden Furniture, the longstanding independent furniture retailer in Ireland’s mid-west, is preparing to shut its doors for good after trading for nearly half a century.

Home department store chain W Boyes & Co (Boyes) lifted turnover in its latest financial year as it expanded its store network, though rising labour costs contributed to a weaker bottom line.

Independent retailer Now to Bed will open its new flagship showroom in Rhuddlan later this month, marking a key milestone in re-establishing its physical footprint in the region.

A former Wilko unit in Bedford is to reopen as a furniture store after an independent retailer signed a five-year lease on the High Street property.

Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society will shut both of its Quadrant branches this autumn, including its dedicated furniture store at Braintree’s George Yard Shopping Centre.

Retail leaders including senior executives from Cox & Cox, Pooky Lights, and Arighi Bianchi joined consumer behaviour expert Kate Hardcastle MBE for a panel discussion at the UK North launch of her new book, The Science of Shopping, held at Arighi Bianchi in Cheshire.

Raft, the London-based furniture company, has filed a second notice of intent to appoint administrators, extending legal protection from creditors while restructuring advisors continue efforts to find a buyer for the business.

Hopewells, the Nottingham-based independent furniture retailer, has commenced a major refurbishment programme at its Huntingdon Street showroom — the most extensive since relocating to the premises 52 years ago.

R.E. Dawson, the operator of Dawsons department store in Lancashire and owner of online platforms Garden Furniture World and BBQ World, grew revenue last year as it sharpened inventory and purchasing strategies.

The property company affiliated with southern England furniture and department store retailer Bradbeers has refinanced its borrowings and recorded a material uplift in the valuation of its principal asset.

Expensing the majority of the costs of refurbishing its flagship Plymouth store hit the bottom line at Fairway Furniture in the past year. Underlying earnings remained positive.

The Derby store exited by Lee Longlands earlier this year is to become a place of worship, after a local church agreed to acquire the freehold.

Independent furniture and furnishings retailer Aldiss booked solid profits as it continued to build on what had been its biggest investment in two decades the previous year.

The independent retailer behind Shackletons Home & Garden in Clitheroe and the Shackletons Redbrick outlet store near Leeds is to open a third branch after taking over a former department store in Sheffield.

Profits doubled for Surrey furniture retailer Vale Furnishers last year after it booked a gain on a property sale and held revenue within the same ballpark as the prior year.

Joseph James this weekend opened a previously-signposted third large furniture store in the North West with an outlet in the centre of St Helens.

Irish homewares retailer Homestore & More will pull out of the British market next month with the planned closure of both of its stores in Scotland.

North West furniture retailer Vaseys is to close a second store inside seven years as it concentrates its business on its flagship Style Store in Carlisle.

Eight-store home, garden and outdoor retailer Charlies said the strong performance of its brick-and-mortar business meant it outperformed the market last year.

Martin Norris has joined Housing Units as furniture buyer and will work alongside CEO Nick Fox and buying director Jeff Hughes, the privately-owned retailer has announced.

W.J. Daniel & Company is to close to its Daniel of Ealing branch, meaning it will have shuttered both of its dedicated London beds and furniture stores inside the past three years.

A rates rebate helped soften the impact of a double-digit decline in revenue at Birmingham, Shropshire and Staffordshire furniture retailer Cousins last year.

Wider gross margin helped profits remain positive at the EBITDA line for storied Cheshire home furnishings retailer Arighi Bianchi last year in a period when sales fell further from elevated post-pandemic levels. Demand has since recovered.

More than a third of Housing Units' employees are closing in on two decades of service with the company, the home department store retailer says.

Australian furniture retailer Nick Scali has converted a sixth store to its flagship format and its most northerly in the UK so far.

Independent retail group Morleys Stores is to reopen Jolly's, the iconic Bath department store that closed earlier this year after more than 200 years of trading.

Independent furniture retailer F.A. Henshaw House Furnishers has announced plans to permanently close its Mansfield store, bringing 80 years of trading to an end.

End-of-line and clearance specialist Furniture Outlet will open its fifth south east showroom later this month, with its closest location yet to inner London.

Independent retailer Pargeters Furniture is to close ahead of the owner's retirement, bringing down the curtain on 99 years of trading in Stourbridge.

The historic building that housed the now-defunct independent furniture retailer Eyres of Chesterfield lost almost half of its value inside two years.

A husband-and-wife retail duo have been handed director bans by The Insolvency Service after taking orders they ought to have known couldn't be fulfilled.

Home and garden retailer IKEA is planning to open a small-format store in Hull.

Beales, the historic department store retailer, is to become an ecommerce pureplay, with its final remaining physical branch to close later this spring.

A propco which shares common control with southern England furniture and department store retailer Bradbeers has refinanced debts secured against a retail park it owns.

Independent retailer Gardiner Haskins is to close its large home department store in Cirencester, focusing its business on its remaining branch in Bristol.

Privately-owned retailer Bennetts Family Furnishings has announced plans to permanently close its Banbury store, bringing an end to 35 years of trade.

Barrow-in-Furness furniture retailer Dandy's has spelled out the impact of damage caused to its trading premises during Storm Debi in late 2023.

Revenue declined double-digit for the second year straight at Ponsford in the year to July 31, 2024, a period the Sheffield furniture retailer dubbed 'disappointing.'

Impoverished creditors of a long-defunct but once highly-thought-of furniture retailer will be tossed a few extra morsels thanks to efforts by restructuring advisors.

South East furniture and homeware retailer Collingwood Batchellor has relocated to a larger store in East Grinstead.

Home department and furniture store retailer Leekes is to begin the third and final stage of the transformation of its flagship Llantrisant store.

Profits declined for Hatfields Furnishers last year as the independent Essex retailer's prediction of a more challenging year proved prescient.

Heritage furniture and bedding retailer F.L. Caswell is to close permanently ahead of the owners' planned retirement, bringing the curtain down on 99 years of trading.

The group behind independent department and bed store retailer Elphicks of Farnham further reduced borrowing last year in a period that also saw its trading deficit narrow.

Staffordshire flooring and beds retailer Pattens Direct is to expand into the furniture category after agreeing to lease a neighbouring unit whose occupier closed this week.

Bremners of Foggie, a family-owned furniture and flooring retailer dating back to 1889, has been put up for sale.

Independent retailer Ponsford has acquired a 7,437sqft property situated across the road from its large Sheffield furniture and furnishings superstore.

Seaside furniture retailer Reynolds, one of the largest single-store independents of its type in the U.K., booked lower earnings through 2023/24 as a run of seven-figure profits came to an end.

The company behind Lincolnshire furniture, home and garden retailer Downtown bolstered liquidity and cut debt last year, long-dating borrowings that were hitherto due for repayment within a year.

Sales and profits climbed for Austins through 2023/24 in a period that saw the Newton Abbot furniture, carpets and department store retailer pay off all outstanding debt.

A 50-year-old furniture retailer based near Stoke-on-Trent is closing down permanently as its owner reprioritises his business interests.

Clearance specialist Furniture Outlet is to open a fifth branch as it takes another step on its strategic journey towards a 20-strong network of stores.

Revenue growth and diversification helped South East furniture and home retailer Collingwood Batchellor keep profits close to all-time high levels through the 2023/24 financial year.

Profits were broadly flat on higher revenue at the Next-backed furnishings-to-fashion retailer Choice Discount Stores in the year to January 27, 2024.

Harvey Norman's long-planned debut store in England opened over the weekend, the first of two slated for the West Midlands.

Stakeholders in one of Danish furniture brand BoConcept's largest U.K. franchisees have incorporated two new companies.

Elevated costs and weaker gross margin hit profits at four-store independent retailer Browns of York through 2023/24 despite revenue returning back to historic levels.

Leekes is to expand its retail footprint in England after taking the former M&S Home store in Cheltenham.

Jarrolds, the Norfolk department and furniture store retailer, is to close its Wymondham home store, citing poor footfall and the dwindling appeal of the town's high street.

Furniture retailer Designer Rooms last weekend bolstered its store footprint along the Central Belt of Scotland with a new store in Livingston.

The owner of multiple furniture stores in Greenock is adding another after agreeing terms on a large former clothing shop.

Independent retailer Bradbeers has announced the death of Peter Davies, its former managing director, at the age of 84.

Storied South Yorkshire independent retailer Atkinsons cleared all bank borrowings by the close of its just-reported financial year.

Rankin Styles Interiors, an upmarket furniture and interior design store that sold products from brands including Ligne Roset and B&B Italia, has filed for insolvency following its closure.

Expanding independent furniture retailer Loom Loft was already growing ahead of opening new stores across its North West heartland in the past year.

Restructuring advisors have for the first time revealed the impact of the unexpected late spring closure of once-prominent furniture retailer Peter Green.

Isle of Wight retailer Solent Beds and Furniture is to open a new, larger Newport store to replace two smaller units in the town whose leases are expiring.

After-tax profits returned to a seven-figure level for the first year in nine at large Scottish furniture retailer Andersons of Inverurie through 2022/23 as falling costs and margin expansion mitigated lower revenue.

Furniture clearance specialist Brand Interiors is to downsize its store footprint with the planned closure of one of its North West branches.

David Phipp House Furnishers, one of the largest single-store furniture retailers in England, is to close permanently later this year ahead of the eponymous owner's planned retirement.

Blackbridge Furnishings, the highly-profitable northern Scotland furniture retailer, has formally opened its new Inverness store.

The cash capital expenditure made by historic Norfolk furniture retailer Aldiss last year was the largest outlay since it opened its second large-format superstore, back in June 2003.

Furniture retailer Lukehurst retired debt as it continued a long period of profitability in the year to January 31, 2024.

Longtime retail leader Huw Williams has left Toons Home Furnishers, the large Toon-family owned furniture and flooring independent based in Swadlincote.

Abitare, one of the largest independent retailers of mainland European furniture brands such as Natuzzi and Calligaris, will begin a closing down clearance sale later this morning.

Stollers, one of the U.K.'s largest single-store furniture retailers, maintained a near double-digit net margin last year despite a tougher market backdrop.

A combination of weaker sales and higher costs hit profits last year for Gardiner Haskins, the asset-rich South West furniture and home improvement retailer.

The Designer Rooms, the furniture retailer that operates stores mainly across the Central Belt of Scotland, has launched a dedicated beds retail format.



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