Furniture Village

We’re now open for business in Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 With our 57th store opening its doors today in Edinburgh’s Straiton Retail Park, it marks our momentous first venture into Scotland. Our Managing Director Charlie Harrison is extremely proud of what Furniture Village has accomplished. “This is an incredible milestone and achievement for the business and has been many months in the making. With several more Scottish stores in the pipeline for 2025, we are excited to continue our geographic expansion and bring our fantastic furniture and accessories to even more customers throughout the UK.” Watch this space to stay updated on our Scottish success story in 2025…

Ho, Ho, GO! 🏃 Braving the cold (and their Santa suits), 9 of our Multichannel team took on the Windsor Santa Dash on the 1st of December, a 5km fun run to raise much-needed funds for a local charity 🎅 Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service is based in Maidenhead, providing specialist care and vital support to babies, children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, and their families, across Berkshire and into surrounding counties. To find out more about this extraordinary charity, please visit www.alexanderdevine.org So far they’ve raised a fantastic £450 - are you able to add a small contribution? You can donate here > https://lnkd.in/ebhUDMCJ Thank you! ❤️ #AlexanderDevine

We've done it again! 🎉 Furniture Village has been named ‘Retail's Best Company to Work For’ and ranked in the top 5 ‘Best Large Companies to Work For’ at the Best Companies Awards 2024! But the crowning moment was achieving a 3-star ‘World Class’ accreditation for the second year in a row This is not only a huge achievement, but a testament to our amazing team. We're so proud to be recognised for our commitment to creating a top-tier workplace, and we’re only going to go further in 2025. Want to join a world class business? We’re hiring now. https://lnkd.in/d4tai7S #BestCompaniesAwards #BestCompaniesToWorkFor

We strive to embody the spirit of ‘Achieving Together’ in all that we do, and our fifth annual Royal Marine's Commandos Obstacle Course challenge served as a wet and muddy testament to this motto ⚔️   A record-breaking 52 of our colleagues tackled 26 obstacles on the 7 km course at Hever Castle this year, scrambling through pitch-black caves, over cargo nets, and in freezing water together. Facing fears and pushing through tough situations builds individual character and strengthens our team bonds, and it was inspiring to see so many of our people helping each other round the course to raise money for Global’s Make Some Noise.   A big congratulations to all who took part!

To get into the “spirit” of Halloween, our Group Office got together last week to battle it out for the title of Pumpkin Carving Champion! We had some absolutely spooktacular entries. Thank you to all who took part in the carving fun 🎃🎃 #halloween #pumpkin

Who's spotted us on the front cover of the November issue of Good Homes magazine? 👀 Featuring our bestselling Stockholm dining set and Stellar rug from our AW24 trend, Teal the Show 🧡

This year, on Global’s Make Some Noise Day, we were so lucky to have so many amazing partners and build these partnerships into our challenges and content. Thank you to Universal Pictures International Entertainment / The Wild Robot, who supported Amanda Holden’s Big Ride to Work, cycling from her Mum’s house in Cornwall, to London (over 250 miles!). Roz the robot was featured at Amanda’s finish line, and was a huge highlight on the day. Thank you to Domino’s Pizza UK & Ireland Ltd, who supported Toby Tarrant’s challenge, Tarrant Vs The Thames, where he spent five days pedalling over 50 miles, all on a unicorn pedalo! Domino's hand-delivered to Toby during his challenge, helping to keep a smile on his face. Thank you to Viking, who supported Dan Walker’s Coast-to-Coast challenge, where he cycled the full width of the North of England, as well as Aled Jones and Alexander Armstrong’s Famous Five Flipped challenge, where Aled set out to find five hidden clues on a Viking ocean ship, putting Alexander’s knowledge to the test on-air. Thank you to Digby Brown Solicitors, who supported Des' Great Walk to Glasgow, where Des Clarke took on a gruelling challenge, walking from Fife to Glasgow in less than 24 miles! Finally, a huge thank you to our headline sponsor Furniture Village, who supported our entire appeal, donating furniture to some of our amazing charities, and more. We raised a life-changing amount of over £3.7 million for small, local projects which provide essential support and services to those who need it most, and we couldn’t have done it without these partnerships, and that’s not to mention all of our other partners! If you are interested in partnering with us, drop us an email at contact@makesomenoise.com – we’d love to hear from you. #MakeSomeNoise #Global #CorporatePartnerships

Great to join in the fun with everyone at Global on Friday for Global's Make Some Noise Day!   As well as sponsoring the DJ lounge, we hopped on the donation phones lines to help the team raise as much money as possible.   As Global’s Make Some Noise headline partner, we know how much this will make a difference to the thousands of people supported by small charities and local projects all across the UK.   We’ll also be hosting our own fundraising event soon. Watch this space 👀 #GlobalsMakeSomeNoise

Today, on World Mental Health Day, we want to take a moment to reflect on the importance of mental wellbeing in the workplace. We spend a lot of time at work and we're committed to ensuring every employee in our business has access to free mental health support. Our Employee Assistance Programme offers confidential counselling and free mental health resources to support our people through life's ups and downs. We've also taken the additional step of providing mental health training for all our managers so that mental health awareness is embedded in our culture and teams - the place where it really matters. By fostering a culture of mental health awareness and support, we've seen the benefits in individual well-being and it has also made us a stronger, more collaborative and resilient business. #WorldMentalHealthDay #WorkplaceWellbeing

Another week, another supplier visit 🇷🇴 Over 20 of our people jetted off to Cluj in Romania to meet the team at Bodahl Møbler and take a peek behind the scenes at their factory. Bodahl craft stunning, one-of-a-kind oak dining tables, and it was a privilege to see the skill and care that goes into making one up close. There's a story behind every product we sell, and we're passionate about helping our store consultants bring these stories to life for our customers. As well as lots of time on the factory floor, there was also time for a spot of high-wire hi-jinks which was great fun!