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This article is a simple, beginners guide to performance measurement.

How to classify your products based on their intended usage, including Guidance on what all products must be subject to (regardless of their classification)

How to manage the product selection process from initial brief to placing your product on the market, working with your furniture suppliers to deliver a good, safe product.

Furniture industry statistics, including facts, figures and commentary covering furniture production and international trade.

Published January 2018

Summary of highchair testing and specification requirements taking account of the current standards and possible introduction of a European standard.

This FIRA Standard specifies safety, strength and durability performance requirements for the structural safety and stability of all types of bariatric seating for office, hospital, contract and domestic use.

Identifying the difference between a toy and an item of furniture correctly, as the standards and test methods applicable to these two categories of product are substantially different.

A summary of some of the products and standards relating to the manufacture, specification and sale of furniture and related products designed or intended for use by children in the UK.

The guide has been developed in conjunction with the Furniture Retail Quality Group, whose members include technologists from many of the leading UK furniture retailers.