All knowledge
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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
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Standards
- Children's Domestic Furniture Industry Standard FIRA-FRQG C001 2021
- Children's Domestic Seating: Industry Standard (FRQG) - WITHDRAWN
- Children’s Domestic Tables and Desks: Industry Standard FIRA-FRQG C003 2021
- Children’s Domestic Storage Furniture: Industry Standard FIRA/FRQG C004 2016 + A1 2017
- Glass in Furniture: Best Practice Guide (FRQG)
- Bariatric Seating: Performance and Dimensional Requirement (FIRA Standard)
- Bariatric Beds: Performance and Dimensional Requirements (FIRA Standard)
- 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)
- Standards update report - September 2021
- Standards update report - December 2021
- Standards update report - March 2022
- Standards update report - June 2022
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Regulations
- Cable Management Systems: Understanding BS 6396
- CE Marking: Medical Devices Directive (MDD) 93/42/EEC: Requirements for Furniture
- General Product Safety Directive 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 - M1 Upholstery
- REACH: Restricted Substances in Furniture - M2 Mattresses
- REACH Update July 2020 - SVHC
- 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
- BREXIT
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Sustainability
- REACH Guide 2017 (Archived)
- Remanufacturing for the Circular Economy
- DecaBDE as a barrier to the Circular Economy
- Sustainable Forestry & PEFC scheme updates - January 2017
- Study into the Feasability of Benchmarking Carbon Footprints of Furniture Products 2011
- Improved Performance for Businesses Implementing ISO 14001:2015
- 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
- Environmental Policy Guidance and Template
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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
- 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
- Guide to Health and safety management for the woodworking and furniture industries
- 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
- Product Selection for the furniture supply chain
- 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