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Flammability
- BFC Proposal for updating UK Flammability Regulations - June 2017
- Introduction to the Domestic Flammability Regulations Training
- Current and Alternative Flame Retardants for Upholstered Furniture
- Contract Flammability Guide: Fire Safety of Furniture and Furnishings in the Non-domestic Sectors
- Flammability Guide: Fire Safety of Furniture and Furnishings in the Home
- Flammability Testing: Best Practice Guide (FRQG)
- The potential impact of flame retardants on the 'end of life' of upholstered furniture and furnishings
- BS 7176 compliance: Guide for manufacturers seeking to claim compliance
- Introduction to Fire Safety of Furniture and Furnishings in the Contract Sector Training
- Flammability Guidance for Contract Seating: Fire Safety of Office Work Chairs in Domestic Environments
- Flammability Tracker Template
- Flammability Checklist for Products Guidance
- Business Templates
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Standards
- Children's Domestic Furniture Industry Standard: General Safety Requirements FIRA-FRQG C001 2021
- Children's Domestic Seating: Industry Standard FIRA-FRQG C002: 2016 - WITHDRAWN
- Children’s Domestic Industry Standard: Tables & Desks FIRA-FRQG C003 2021
- Children’s Domestic Furniture Industry Standard: Storage Furniture FIRA/FRQG C004 2016 + A1 2017
- Glass in Furniture: Best Practice Guide FIRA-FRQG G0001: 2017
- Bariatric Seating: Performance and Dimensional Requirement - FIRA Standard FS058: 2017
- Bariatric Beds: Performance and Dimensional Requirements - FIRA Standard FS060: 2019
- Standards update report - June 2018
- Standards update report - September 2020
- Standards update report - June 2019
- Standards update report - March 2019
- Standards update report - September 2018
- Standards update report - June 2020
- Standards update report - March 2020
- Standards update report - September 2019
- Standards update report - December 2019
- Standards update report - December 2018
- Standards update report - December 2020
- Standards update report - March 2021
- Standards update report - June 2021
- Remanufacturing - FIRA Standard FIRA/REMAN001: 2019
- Standards update report - September 2021
- Standards update report - December 2021
- Standards update report - March 2022
- Standards update report - June 2022
- Standards update report - September 2022
- Standards update report - Dec 2022
- Standards and Regulatory Update May 2023
- Standards and Regulatory Update September 2023
- Standards and Regulatory Update December 2023
- Standards and Regulatory Update March 2024
- Standards and Regulatory Update March 2024
- Standards and Regulatory Update June 2024
- Standards and Regulatory Update September 2024
- Standards and Regulatory Update December 2024
- Standards and Regulatory Update March 2025
- Standards and Regulatory Update June 2025
- Insight into Standards
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Regulations
- Cable Management Systems: Understanding BS 6396
- Medical Devices Regulations (UK MDR 2002): Requirements for Furniture
- GB General Product Safety Regulation - Guide for the Furniture Industry
- EU General Product Safety Regulation - Guide for the Furniture Industry
- CE Marking Toolkit
- Electrically Powered Domestic Furniture: Guide to the GB Regulations
- Electrically Powered Office Furniture: Guide to the GB Regulations
- Electrical Accessories in Furniture: Guide to the GB Regulations
- Product Safety Incident Plan Template
- UKCA Labelling Guidance and Template
- UK Declaration of Conformity Guidance and Template
- Modern Slavery Policy Guidance and Template
- REACH, POPs and Biocides Chemical Compliance Guidance and Templates
- GB Biocidal Products Regulation - Labelling Treated Articles Template
- REACH: Restricted Substances in Furniture - M2 Mattresses
- REACH Update July 2020 - SVHC
- REACH: Restricted Substances in Furniture - M1 Upholstery
- Introduction to REACH Regulations Training
- Introduction to Biocidal Products Regulation Training
- Introduction to EUTR Training
- REACH: Guide to the Regulations
- Biocidal Products Regulation Guide
- REACH: Restricted Substances in Furniture - M3 Children's Furniture
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Sustainability
- REACH Guide 2017 (Archived)
- Remanufacturing for the Circular Economy
- DecaBDE as a barrier to the Circular Economy
- Improved Performance for Businesses Implementing ISO 14001
- Sustainability Hotspot Analysis for the Furniture Industry
- Biomass Subsidies and their impact on the British Furniture Industry
- REACH Update January 2021 - SVHC
- Carbon Footprint Calculator Template - 2024 Factors
- Environmental Policy Guidance and Template
- Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities in the Furniture Industry
- Communicating Environmental Data - Best Practice Guide for the Furniture Industry
- Sustainability KPI Dashboard Template
- Benchmarking Carbon Footprints of Furniture Products - Feasability Study 2011
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Information
- Pressure Mapping: Review of Validity to Assess Comfort - Guidelines for Best Practice
- Ergonomic Home Working – Guides for Employers and Employees
- Home Office Buyers Guide
- Implications of providing office/contract chairs for employees who are working at home
- Kitchen Layout Design Guide
- Childcare product classification
- Leather types, characteristics and maintenance
- Specifying leather for furniture
- Standards applicable to the sale of childcare (furniture) products in the UK
- Statistics Digest for the Furniture Industry 2023
- UV Pine lacquer free colouration
- What do I need to know to sell highchairs in the UK?
- BFC Manifesto for the Furniture Industry 2019
- Statistical Digest for the Furniture Industry 2019
- Statistical Digest for the Furniture Industry 2018
- Statistical Digest for the Furniture Industry 2017
- Recorded Training Sessions
- Competitiveness of the UK furniture manufacturing industry
- Safe Seats of Learning
- Improving UK Productivity and Industry 4.0
- Mind The Gap - Skills and Training in the Furniture Industry
- Specifying Furniture Guide
- Report on 'Real-life' UK kitchen study findings
- Horizon Scanning: Guide to New Hardline and Softline Materials
- Sourcing Furniture Products in the Supply Chain
- Packaging and Sustainability: Guide to Alternatives
- Furniture Design Toolkit: Domestic Furniture
- Furniture Design Toolkit: Office and Contract Furniture
- Sharps and Broken Needle Procedure Template
- Furniture Products Risk Assessment Guidance and Template
- Health & Wellbeing Policy Template
- BREXIT - The Importance of Planning Ahead
- Facility Space Planning Template
- Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 1 - 5C Workplace Organisation
- Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 2 - 7 Wastes
- Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 3 - Visual Management
- Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 4 - Standardised Work
- Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 5 - 7 Measures of Quality, Cost and Delivery
- Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 6 - Set-up Reduction
- Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 7 - Problem Solving
- Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 8 - Line Balancing
- Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 9 - Value Stream Mapping
- An Exploration of Educational Furniture Procurement