Furniture Awards 2023

As the pace of change accelerates, businesses must embrace new, more efficient ways of working. This category gives the industry’s service providers – from software and CGI specialists to sales and logistics providers – an opportunity to highlight why their offer could be a game-changer in today’s market.

WINNER: Sci-Net

Sci-Net boasts a proven track record in helping retailers become more efficient, reduce costs and maximise profit. It designs and delivers various IT solutions, led by a tailored ERP system for the retail sector – which has helped the likes of Tapi Carpets upscale successfully. 

As British-made goods gather momentum, are you delivering the best in homegrown design and build? This category is for businesses that principally manufacture in the UK, and demonstrate high standards of output, with regard for their place in the local economy and industry.

WINNER: GNG Group

GNG Group demonstrated impressive growth, underpinned by significant investment, job creation, enviable green credentials and a good eye for brand delivery – with advanced R&D innovation helping it get ahead of the crowd, and a palpable sense of ambition.

Environmental and ethical concerns are more important than ever – do your materials or manufacturing processes make you a natural winner? This category is for any business that champions sustainable practices and demonstrates the will to make the world a better place.

WINNER: Westbridge Furniture Designs

Building on a long history of sustainable manufacture, Westbridge has chosen to get ahead of the curve and truly futureproof how it operates – with Full Circle, a new manufacturing technique that delivers easily recyclable upholstery, which the judges described as “the future of furniture making”.

As British-made goods gather momentum, are you delivering the best in homegrown design and build? This category is for businesses that principally manufacture in the UK, and demonstrate high standards of output, with regard for their place in the local economy and industry.

WINNER: GNG Group

GNG Group demonstrated impressive growth, underpinned by significant investment, job creation, enviable green credentials and a good eye for brand delivery – with advanced R&D innovation helping it get ahead of the crowd, and a palpable sense of ambition.

You may push the boundaries of creativity, or simply deliver impeccable style – but are you leading the way when it comes to good product design? This category is for any business that puts original design at the heart of its strategy – entries should include visual evidence of these directions, plus detail of their route to market.

WINNER: Citibed

With living space at a premium, furniture designers are increasingly tasked with creating multifunctional solutions that let people make the most of their homes. The judges hadn’t seen anything like Citibed's clean, flexible and very commercial hideaway bed, which builds on what has gone before, and does it with style.

With fluctuating prices and problematic supply chains still the norm, imports remain a difficult juggling act. This category is for any business that majors in imports, and their entry will need to reflect their strengths in product development, pricing and fulfilment, plus details of how their offer is tailored to the UK marketplace.

WINNER: Wiemann

Wiemann is an overseas manufacturer that boasts impeccable business credentials. Designing and making high-quality, attractive bedrooms in its native Germany, before deploying its product through a top-notch delivery and installation network, this supplier knows that customer service is key. As the judges put it, “They have all their ducks in a row, consistently exceeding expectation.”