Industry News

Burgess Celebrate 55 Years

Burgess Furniture were the very first European manufacturers of the aluminium stacking banquet chair, and with a manufacturing heritage of nearly 70 years, we are the market leaders for conference and banqueting furniture around the world.

14 April 2014

The Chancellor’s Budget

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has revised up its expectations for growth – to 2.7% in 2014 and 2.3% in 2015. A record number of people are in work and the OBR now expects employment to reach 31.4 million by 2018. A deficit that reached 11% of GDP in 2009-10 is now forecast to fall by half to 5.5% in the coming year and will be eradicated by 2018-19.

19 March 2014

Westfield and Hammerson Croydon Partnership

The London Borough of Croydon has resolved to grant planning permission to the Croydon Partnership’s outline planning application for the redevelopment of the Whitgift Centre, marking a significant step forward in Westfield and Hammerson’s plans to regenerate Croydon’s retail town centre.

10 February 2014