All knowledge
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Reports and guides
- Biomass Subsidies and their impact on the British Furniture Industry
- Competitiveness of the UK furniture manufacturing industry
- Current and alternative flame retardants for upholstered furniture
- Electrical accessories incorporated into furniture - a guide to the UK Regulations
- Electrically actuated furniture for the domestic market - a guide to the UK Regulations
- Electrically powered office furniture - a guide to the UK Regulations
- FIRA Guide to European Biocidal Products Regulations
- Fire safety of furniture and furnishings in the contract and non-domestic sectors - a guide to the UK requirements
- Fire safety of furniture and furnishings in the home - A Guide to the UK Regulations
- Furniture and the Medical Devices Directive (MDD) 93/42/EEC - Guidance and CE marking requirements.
- Furniture Design Toolkit for Domestic Furniture
- Furniture Design Toolkit - Office and Contract Furniture
- Guide to Health and safety management for the woodworking and furniture industries
- Improving UK Productivity and Industry 4.0
- Kitchen Layout Design Guide
- Mind The Gap - Skills and Training in the Furniture Industry
- National Furniture Specifications - A Guide for Specifiers
- Product Selection for the furniture supply chain
- Report on 'Real-life' UK kitchen study findings
- Sustainability Hotspot Analysis for the Furniture Industry
- The Furniture Retail Quality Group best practice guide - flammability testing
- The General Product Safety Directive, furniture industry guide to legislation
- The potential impact of flame retardants on the 'end of life' of upholstered furniture and furnishings
- Biomass Subsidies and their impact on the British Furniture Industry
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FIRA Standards
- Furniture Retail Quality Group - Industry Standard Children’s Domestic Furniture - General safety requirements
- Furniture Retail Quality Group - Industry Standard Furniture - Children’s Domestic Furniture – Seating – Requirements for strength, stability and durability
- Furniture Retail Quality Group Industry Standard Furniture - Children’s Domestic Furniture - Tables and desks – Requirements for strength, stability and durability
- Furniture Retail Quality Group - Industry Standard Furniture - Children’s Domestic Furniture – Storage furniture – Requirements for strength, stability and durability
- The Furniture Retail Quality Group Best Practice Guide 2017 - Glass in Furniture
- FIRA Standard - Performance and Dimensional Requirements for Bariatric Seating
- FIRA Standard - Performance and Dimensional Requirements for Bariatric Beds
- FIRA Standard - Remanufacturing
- Standards meeting reports
- Quarterly Standards Update Reports
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Help and advice
- Adhesives for Furniture
- Childcare product classification
- Improved Performance for Businesses Implementing ISO 14001:2015
- Leather types, characteristics and maintenance
- Moisture Content of Timber - Production & Storage
- Performance of furniture finishes and surfaces
- Reduce upholstery fabric complaints through testing
- Specifying leather for furniture
- Standards applicable to the sale of childcare (furniture) products in the UK
- What is cable management?
- UV Pine lacquer free colouration
- Water damage to kitchen worktops
- What do I need to know to sell highchairs in the UK?
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Sustainability
- REACH
- Circular Economy
- A Guide to the Environmental Legislation for Weeds and Non Native Species
- FIRA Guide to the European Timber Regulations (EUTR)
- FEMB Technical Committee Meeting Report - September 2016
- Sustainable Forestry & PEFC scheme updates - January 2017
- Sustainable Timber Procurement and Chain of Custody
- Study into the Feasability of Benchmarking Carbon Footprints of Furniture Products 2011
- Statistics
- BREXIT