All knowledge
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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
- 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
- Standards meeting reports archive
- Quarterly Standards Update Reports
- 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
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Information
- 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
- National Furniture Specifications - A Guide for Specifiers
- Report on 'Real-life' UK kitchen study findings
- Product Selection for the furniture supply chain
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Sustainability
- FIRA Standard - Remanufacturing
- 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
- Introduction to REACH Regulations training
- Introduction to Biocidal Products Regulation training
- Introduction to EUTR training
- FIRA Guide to European Biocidal Products Regulations
- REACH - Guide to the Regulations
- Sustainability Hotspot Analysis for the Furniture Industry
- Biomass Subsidies and their impact on the British Furniture Industry
- REACH Update July 2020 - SVHC
- BREXIT
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Ergonomics
- Furniture Design Toolkit for Domestic Furniture
- Furniture Design Toolkit - Office and Contract Furniture
- Kitchen Layout Design Guide
- Implications of providing office/contract chairs for employees who are working at home
- Ergonomic home working – Guides for Employers and Employees
- A review into the validity of interface pressure mapping to assess perceived comfort: Guidelines for best practice
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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
- 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 Retail Quality Group best practice guide - flammability testing
- The potential impact of flame retardants on the 'end of life' of upholstered furniture and furnishings
- A guide for manufacturers seeking to claim compliance with BS 7176
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Regulations
- Cable Management Systems– Understanding BS 6396
- 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
- Furniture and the Medical Devices Directive (MDD) 93/42/EEC - Guidance and CE marking requirements.
- The General Product Safety Directive, furniture industry guide to legislation
- CE Marking Toolkit