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CONTRACT

Furniture manufacturer Classic secures Olympics deal

Published 09.01.2012 06:00 | Last Updated 09.01.2012 06:00

 

Classic Furniture Group, a major hospitality and leisure furniture producer based in Shropshire, has won a contract to supply two hotels being kitted out ahead of the Olympic Games.

 

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SOURCING

Bed companies sign up early for third NBF show

Published 09.12.2012 06:00 | Last Updated 09.12.2012 06:00

 

The National Bed Federation (NBF) says the industry's biggest bed makers have rubber-stamped their support for the sector's only dedicated beds trade show by signing up for a third year.

 

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DEALS & RESTRUCTURING

Restructure at DaVinci after administrators appointed

Published 06.01.2012 06:00 | Last Updated 06.01.2012 06:00

 

DaVPrivate investors are restructuring the circa £6m Staffordshire furniture importer DaVinci after insolvency specialist Leonard Curtis was appointed as administrator in the lead up to Christmas.

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DEALS & RESTRUCTURING

Buyer sought for £2.5m chair maker Barton Products

Published 06.01.2012 06:00 | Last Updated 06.01.2012 06:00

 

Barton Products, a £2.5m heritage domestic and contract furniture manufacturer based in the east midlands, is up for sale.

 

Andrew Cordon and John Kelly from insolvency specialists Begbies Traynor have been appointed administrators and issued a clarion call to potential buyers.

 

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FLOORING

Sales up at 27-store flooring chain Carpets 4 Less

Published 06.01.2012 06:00 | Last Updated 06.01.2012 06:00

 

Floorcoverings franchise chain Carpets 4 Less, which was sold to new owners for £7m in 2010, has posted its first set of results since the change in its corporate structure.

 

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DEPARTMENT STORES

John Lewis shows the way with 13.6% sales uptick

Published 05.01.2012 06:00 | Last Updated 05.01.2012 06:00

 

JLPRetail bellwether John Lewis says its furniture and home offer led the way as it provided one of the strongest indications yet that mid-market operators enjoyed a decent end to 2011.

 

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REGIONAL

Flooring retailer RightStep launches ecommerce store

Published 05.01.2012 06:00 | Last Updated 05.01.2012 06:00

 

RightstepRightStep, a floorcoverings retailer based in Stockport, has launched a new transactional ecommerce website.

 

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BEDS

Ex-Bensons bosses show their hand at Sleepright

Published 05.01.2012 06:00 | Last Updated 05.01.2012 06:00

 

Six months after hiring two senior managers from competitor Bensons for Beds, the Carpetright owned Sleepright business has unveiled details of its coordinated updated beds offer.

 

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SOFT FURNISHINGS

Profits weaken at soft furnishings chain Harry Corry

Published 04.01.2012 06:00 | Last Updated 04.01.2012 06:00

 

HCFewer shoppers and a fall in basket values led to lower underlying profits and a pre-tax loss for Irish and Scottish home furnishing chain Harry Corry Interiors last year.

 

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