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The main destinations for British exports in the first nine months of 2022, and year-on-year comparisons.
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Multi-year series of transactions followed director departure back in 2019.
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Greenapple Systems played a pivotal role in our story. Here's why.
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The collapse of Made.com will hit suppliers ranging from furniture makers and importers through to service providers, in addition to employees, shareholders and customers.
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Flooring market leader Carpetright was still a publicly-owned company when it agreed a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) that impacted certain landlords back in the spring of 2018.
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Successfully and cost effectively shipping big boxes from one side of the world to the other has vexed many great furniture industry minds since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020.
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An ad-hoc column chronicling recent ownership changes across the U.K. furnishings sector. Seven companies featured including sofa and mattress makers, a four-store kitchen chain, and an online furniture retailer.
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Still-expanding floorcoverings chain Tapi Carpets & Floors has revealed over 2,000 current and past equity holders in its latest public disclosure, but almost 75 percent of the business is held by just a handful of shareholders.
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The departure of Sofology buying director Suzy McMahon for Oak Furnitureland begs an obvious question.
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Putting a number on Wayfair's U.K. turnover.
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When companies issue new shares we can usually ascribe a valuation for the company. Not so with The Conran Shop.
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One of the side effects of growing sales into the billions of pounds is that large deals that would otherwise draw widespread attention now fall under disclosure thresholds.
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The deals column lists the latest takeovers and shareholder changes across the furniture, furnishings and floorcoverings trade. Two mattress manufacturers feature along with a furniture wholesaler, cabinet maker, interior design company and ecommerce retailer.
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Updates on 13 furniture, flooring industry officials.
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A visual explainer showing the corporate structure and debt investment in Bensons for Beds and other co-controlled entities.
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13 new hires and exits in the period to August 4, 2022.
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Funds advised by Epiris acquired bedroom and home office furniture retailer Sharps from Sun European Partners in the autumn of last year.
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Updates on 16 hires and exits in the period to July 15, 2022.
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Updates for the period to July 8, 2022.
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The Ashley Wilde group enjoyed a stellar trading year in 2021 but that was only a small part of the reason for a transformation in the net worth of the business.
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The closure of the 16-store Sofa Workshop retail chain back in the spring had a knock-on effect that saw even further store churn among other U.K. and international upholstery brands.
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Internal renders of the new-look Sterling Home store in Aberdeen, which will open this weekend.
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North West omnichannel retailer Furniture in Fashion made its largest public-record gain in history in 2020/21 as it traded strongly through the pandemic.
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Bedworld was one of the standard-bearers for online mattress retailing in the U.K.
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New corporate envelope for the entities that will form its U.K. retail activities.
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Updated shareholder rosters reflect board changes and more concentrated ownership at leading independent furniture retailers with stores in the Midlands and North West.
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Change of ownership at the outset of the pandemic for West Yorkshire ecommerce mattress retailer gave it closer ties to the manufacturing sector.
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Stores sales have fallen in each of the past four years for IKEA in the U.K., while online sales have surged. Here are the figures.
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The rise in input costs is not a phenomenon unique to European producers.
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The East Anglian group building positions in U.K. furniture companies.
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A furniture retail family property company earlier this spring successfully refinanced a loan facility secured against a large retail park in Hedge End.
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Lease deals in the capital aid designer, wholesaler and retailer.
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Foam converter Peak Converters, formerly known as Breasley, disclosed the sale of a stake in the company to Whitemeadow last summer.
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Invasion of Ukraine has business considerations for the U.K.'s largest sofa retailer.
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Figures point to improving performance in past three reported years.
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Furniture importer sold a qualified majority stake to a Swedish investment group in October last year.
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When La-Z-Boy acquired Colne upholstered furniture manufacturer Furnico in the autumn of last year, it didn't disclose the financial terms of the transaction.
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) said the £13 million fine it received from KPMG for its conduct in relation to the 2011 sale of Silentnight is "not a windfall" for the accountancy body.
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Chronicling minor ownership changes at The Conran Shop, the designer furniture and homeware retailer.
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The ownership structure of The Foam Company* has changed, new statutory documents show.
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