Are you aware that your business is responsible for any product that you import, manufacture, sell, supply or distribute? This means that you can be held liable for any defect or other condition that renders the product unsafe and results in injury, death or damage....
Co-located with the Australasian Hospitality Industry Exhibition, FURNITEX Commercial is the go to event for procurement officers, specifiers and property developers looking to fit out, design, refurbish, upgrade or modernise their commercial properties. Furniture and...
Sofas that have been falsely sold as ‘leather’, recliner mechanisms that don’t work properly causing injury, lounge cushions that come apart at the seams, complaints handling call centres that refuse to take calls, sub-standard repairs and toxic smells that emit from...
Each year, thousands of people end up in emergency rooms after serious chair accidents. People fall when chairs collapse, fingers are severed by chairs with jagged edges, hands get crushed between seats and their bases and stems or bases can snap causing serious body...
What do Apprenticeship Support Australia, Red Points, FURNITEX and Design Furniture all have in common? These businesses are all Australasian Furnishing Association Members, but all for different reasons. The Australasian Furnishing Association (AFA) is the peak...
Is Australia gearing up to find the next furniture mogul the likes of IKEA founder, Ingvar Kamprad? Federal and state governments are coming together to provide $187 million to fund 20,000 new apprenticeships over the next four years. This investment recognises the...
The Australian Border Force (ABF) is continuing its operational focus on trade enforcement, seizing ten Chinese-made pianos falsely claiming to be Australian made. Pianos are considered furniture products and as such have the same regulatory requirements as other...
Thanks to AFA Partners Redpoints, and Gus Hazel of James & Wells for delivering this really informative AFA dedicated WEBINAR ‘Fighting fake design furniture on ecommerce platforms’. In case you couldn’t make it, here’s the link to the webinar on demand so...
Dr Mariagrazia Squicciarini – Senior Economist, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation will give the keynote address at the Industry 4.0 Conference to ensure delegates benefit from the latest OECD insights on the topic of Jobs, work and skills in the...
What do you get when you join Australia’s largest gift fairs, hospitality show and Australia’s iconic Furnitex? Visitors will go on a journey of discovery and explore the many offerings of the furnishing industry showcasing the world’s exhibitors, international trends...
Australia has long-standing trade relations with Malaysia particularly in the furnishing industry. The enforcement of the Illegal Logging Regulation has seen exports from Malaysia to Australia drop from 3 rd to 5th, with China taking a large chunk of the business....
Quest Apartment Hotels, Australasia’s largest and fastest growing global apartment hotel operator is the Australasian Furnishing Association’s (AFA) newest Member. But Why? Quest has commenced work on its first UK site in Liverpool city centre and the safety and...
Does this sound like you? · You need to find a smarter way, a quicker way, a better way to grow · You have great ideas but need to translate ideas into products and into commercial success · You have outgrown your current processes or resources. · You need to plan for...
Australian Apprenticeships Ambassadors have shared their experiences of the vocational education and training sector at a recent roundtable at Federal Parliament. Seventeen ambassadors met to discuss their VET experiences and explain how apprenticeships and...
Fifty Australians a week injured by toppling furniture and televisions. An estimated 2,600 Australians receive hospital treatment for injuries caused by toppling furniture and televisions each year, equating to approximately 50 people per week. Since 2001 at least 22...
The West Australian branch of Apprenticeship Support Australia (ASA) conducted the first of a series of workshops for AFA Members in Perth last week. ASA helps build workplace capability using the Australian Government’s funded apprenticeships program. Apprenticeship...
Last week’s two hour workshop in Perth, Western Australia, was hailed as a breakthrough for business leasers who attended the very informative detailed event. Presenter Carlinea Williamson from House of Home worked through how to identify new opportunities based on...
FAKE DESIGN FURNITURE ON ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS WEBINAR – WEDNESDAY 30TH MAY 2018 International I.P Tracking Specialists Red Points will debate the problem of counterfeits and illegal replica products on eCommerce platforms, and consumer behaviour towards these products....
by John Clements, HR Anywhere You hear that one of your employees is again absent from work and this employee has developed a pattern of not attending work. You have requested medical certificates as evidence for the absence. These medical certificates provided by...
