Events

Red, white and blue

April 25, 2012
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2012 is a great year for all things British, with the Olympics coming to London and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.  When the Olympics last came to Britain in 1948 ercol was already 28 years old and 32 years old when the Queen came to throne.  So, with over 90 years of British heritage ourselves, [...]

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ercol showroom clearance sale – 2012

April 5, 2012
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Coming soon – the ercol showroom clearance sale – huge discounts off ex-display and discontinued furniture and fabrics.   We need to make room for all our new ranges for 2012 and update our showroom with this season’s new fabrics…..so from Thursday 12th April to Saturday 28th April we will be selling our existing showroom [...]

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ercol launch at Temperature Design, Sydney

February 23, 2012
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The Australian ercol launch party was held at the Temperature Design showroom in the wonderfully named Woolloomooloo district of Sydney, which counts Russell Crowe amongst its residents. Top Design judge, author and trend forecaster Amanda Talbot MC’d the proceedings, whilst ercol’s Managing Director, Nick Garratt, flew out from the UK to give a talk about [...]

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ercol at the Tokyo Gift Fair

February 9, 2012
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The Tokyo Gift Fair, Japan’s answer to Maison et Objet, takes place twice yearly and has 200,000 visitors and 2,500 exhibitors. It takes place in the wonderfully named “Big Sight” exhibition centre. The British Embassy’s stand featured ercol chairs, along with works by a number of

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Oxford Street VIP day

December 5, 2011
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This weekend (10th and 11th December) will see the Oxford Street VIP day – that’s Very Important Pedestrians.  Over the weekend Oxford Street and Regent Street will be closed to traffic, providing a safe playground for children and shoppers.  There will be

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ercol factory outlet – winter sale event

November 22, 2011
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The ercol factory outlet is always a great place for factory seconds, discontinued items and ex-display furniture at big discounts.  From Thursday 1st December until Sunday 4th December, we will be having a special winter sale event, with even more stock on display and a further 5% off our already low prices.  Chose from a [...]

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new ercol chairs for Tent London

September 23, 2011
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At this year’s Tent London design show ercol are showing prototypes of two new seats.  Our new bar stool is ideal for either breakfast bars in the home, or as a stool for the contract market.  The inspiration for the bar stool came from some pieces individually made in our jig shop many decades ago [...]

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Team ercol conquer Snowdon

September 21, 2011
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Last weekend saw a team from ercol scale Snowdon and assemble an ercol swan chair at the summit, to raise money for the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home.   The weekend started with a warm-up event involving climbing Pen y Fan, the highest mountain in the Brecon Beacons (886m) on 17th  September, before tackling Corn Du (873m) [...]

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