Furniture Industry

FIT Big Shots 2011

June 10, 2011
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A warm and sunny June day (ahem!)saw ercol participating in the annual Big Shots clay pigeon shot – a fundraiser for the industry’s charity – The Furnishing Industry Trust (FIT) – which provides help to those from the industry in hardship or needing support.  ercol fielded two teams, one each for sales and production, whilst [...]

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Quality in Manufacturing

February 10, 2011
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We were delighted to welcome delegates to the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers’ “Quality in Manufacturing” course, which took part at the ercol factory on Wednesday.  The Worshipful Company runs a series of courses for both the retail and the manufacturing side of the furniture trade. The seminar included a tour of the ercol factory [...]

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FIT bursaries

February 3, 2011
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We’ve all heard a lot about the financial challenges facing our students.  Well, the furniture industry is doing its own small part to help.  The industry’s charity, the Furnishing Industry Trust (FIT), in association with the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, has just launched a bursary scheme.  The first awards were made to two MA [...]

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National School of Furniture launched

November 26, 2010
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Maintaining a stream of talent into the furniture industry has long been a key challenge for the industry.  November saw a great step forward as two of the major educational organisations providing courses in this area joined forces to launch the National School of Furniture.  This new partnership between Bucks New University in High Wycombe [...]

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Installation of new master

May 14, 2010
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Peter Head, Managing Director of Hands of High Wycombe was installed as Master of the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers at a dinner for 240 people in the Egyptian Room at the Mansion House, on 10th May.  The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers is the guild company for the furniture industry. In the speeches after [...]

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Act first, Think later

April 21, 2010
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ercol has long worked closely with Bucks New University, our local university, which runs some of the few remaining furniture courses in the country. Recently we’ve been working with this year’s MA students on the MA Furniture Design degree. In Act first, Think later, the students are given a tour of ercol’s factory and showroom [...]

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MGM

February 10, 2010
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No, not a major film studio, the MGM is the Manufacturing Guild Mark, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers.  The MGM is awarded as a mark of distinction to a select band of manufacturers, based on a range of criteria, which include a commitment to design, quality of making, efficiency of manufacturing, a [...]

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