The NBF crowned its eight 2024 Bed Industry Awards winners on Tuesday 24th September at the Bed Show gala dinner in Telford, where Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke announced the winners across bed manufacture, component supply and retail – and Furniture News again presents the inside scoop on this year’s finalists …
Honouring some of the brightest and best enterprises in the bed market since 2010, the free-to-enter NBF Bed Industry Awards aim to showcase the best in inspiration, design and innovation among NBF member manufacturers, suppliers and supporting retailers.
This year’s categories includes four awards for NBF member manufacturers and suppliers, and four for retailers that predominantly stock NBF-approved member brands.
The accolades of Bed Manufacturer of the Year and Supplier of the Year recognise NBF member companies’ achievements and innovations at a company level, while NBF members exhibiting at the Bed Show are eligible to enter the Bed Product of the Year (which includes mattresses, headboards, frames and sofabeds) and Component Product of the Year (awarded to the supplier with the most innovative component product or machine used in manufacturing a finished product) categories.
On the retail side, Small NBF Retail Champion of the Year celebrates retailers with four stores or fewer, and Large NBF Retail Champion of the Year those with 5-20 stores. Both are open to all retailers signed up to the NBF’s Retail Champions Scheme, which supports businesses whose product offer comprises at least 50% NBF-approved member brands.
Businesses with more than 20 stores can enter the National Bed Retailer of the Year category, while those transacting at least 80% of their sales via the internet are eligible for Online Bed Retailer of the Year.
Tean Dallaway, NBF president, who presented the awards at the gala dinner alongside Anton, comments: “The industry-renowned NBF awards are a valued opportunity to recognise the stand-out companies and individuals in the UK and Irish bed sector. Congratulations to all the worthy winners and finalists and those who put themselves forward to be judged.”
Click here to discover more about this year’s winners, and to find out why they made the cut …
