Industry News
KI supports sustainability objectives with new EPDs
KI’s furniture helps the world’s leading organisations create happy, healthy, high performing working and learning environments for their people. Bringing together good design, advanced engineering and sustainable resources, KI’s products are durable, flexible and offer excellent value. KI Europe has published Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its portfolio of UK-manufactured products to help customers meet… Read More >
Explore The EGGER World
EGGER is Europe’s leading manufacturer of laminate, decorative panels and edging. It is constantly investing in new, innovative products and services to benefit and inspire its customers and is renowned for creating trend oriented collections. EGGER have designed a new way to help clients specify the right products for their projects. See how EGGER’s extensive… Read More >
Milliken & Company Publishes Second Annual Corporate Sustainability Report
Diversified global manufacturer Milliken & Company highlights its journey towards a more sustainable world in the company’s second annual corporate sustainability report. The report, which is compiled by Milliken & Company includes progress across its global flooring, textile, specialty chemical and healthcare divisions, gives insight into Milliken’s environmental and social commitments by 2025. “Milliken is… Read More >
GROHE RIBA-approved CPD seminar
GROHE, global supplier of complete bathroom solutions and first leading European sanitaryware brand to launch 3D-printed taps, is now able to share its expertise on the innovations behind 3D printing manufacturing and its potential to transform the bathroom design landscape, with the architect and design community via its newly RIBA-approved CPD seminar. 3D Printing for… Read More >
Support for the Design Economy
A recent industry study commissioned by the Creative Industries Federation (CIF) predicts the creative industry faces a potential loss of £74 billion in turnover by the end of 2020, which could cost over 400,000 jobs and result in a 25% reduction in the creative sector’s Gross Value Added (GVA). This study includes all sectors of… Read More >
Follow-up: THE FUTURE OF BOUTIQUE HOTELS
With the hospitality sector able to reopen, we thought now was a good time to catch up with a few of the BCFA members interviewed for the boutique hotel report at the beginning of the year. How the world has changed… When asked what business outlook looked like, we received a chorus of “it’s impossible… Read More >
BCFA Anti-Viral and Anti-Bacterial Product Directory
This guide is intended to provide a one-stop source of contract products and materials that can be used to reduce the risk of infection from viruses and other infectious diseases in the workplace, hotels, care homes, restaurants, bars and other communal spaces. BCFA members were already leaders in using and producing these types of products… Read More >
Stylish Matt Black Finish by Hansgrohe
Hansgrohe is one of the world’s largest and most respected bathroom suppliers and manufacturers. Featuring beautifully designed taps and showers of the highest quality, benefiting from the finest in German engineering, you can be sure of adding style and quality to your bathroom with these stunning fixtures and fittings from Hansgrohe. [Find Hansgrohe on the… Read More >
On board with Chelsom
As well look into the the cruise sector this month we have taken the opportunity to speak with BCFA member Chelsom about their work in the Marine sector and two of their recent projects. Marine Expertise Sailing the world’s oceans on one of today’s state of the art cruise ships is just as luxurious and… Read More >
Winners announced for 2020 KI Award
Winners announced for 2020 KI Award from Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. The winners of the annual KI Award, now in its fifth year, were announced in the lead up to the upcoming digital graduation show. The awards and cash prizes are given to final year students selected from the RCA’s ‘Design… Read More >
Hospitality Brand Leverage in a Covid World
As the world begins to realise that the impact of Covid-19 will be felt for many years to come, Design Insider takes a look at how hotel brands are responding and the lasting changes for the hospitality industry. We review the latest statistics on hotel occupancy, signs of recovery and discuss changes in consumer behaviour…. Read More >
What can different sectors learn from one another?
Knightsbridge Furniture is a UK based manufacturer of contract furniture that serves a number of sectors including; workplace, hospitality and healthcare. Due to the current COVID-19 crises the spotlight is firmly focused on the care sector (in the broadest sense) and is likely to be for some time so Knightsbridge gathered together a group of… Read More >
Q&A Anna King, Founder & Director of Informare
As we begin to see the end of lockdown we took the opportunity to speak with marketing expert Anna King, Founder & Director of Informare, to learn about how they are helping their contract sector clients through this potentially difficult time. Please could you begin by telling us a little about yourself? I am… Read More >