AFA Latest Furnishing Industry News

May 2, 2022

Australian Furniture Association E News is distributed to over 43,000 subscribers each week. For the latest news subscribe now. • held a social event? • developed a new product? • received an award? • been involved in an interesting project? • visited or exhibited at...

Buying furniture for a venue? Top tips to avoid the risk of litigation.

Feb 2, 2022

The Australasian Furnishing Association (AFA) continues to assist its Members manage litigious situations. The increase in claims is due to the lack of understanding from Buyers or Specifiers about the right, fit for purpose product and the maintenance regime required...

SGS Partners with the Australasian Furnishing Association

Jan 10, 2022

SGS has joined the ranks of premium partners for the benefit of Australasian Furnishing Association Members. SGS company will provide up-to-date technical information and testing services to AFA’s Members internationally  “SGS has accepted an invitation to become a...

Coaching and Mentoring

Nov 27, 2021

As leaders of businesses, we have many responsibilities. These range from dealing with the day to day operational aspects of our businesses and handling business finances to developing the people working with us. Each of these is critical and warrants much of our time...

Safety and Wellbeing

Nov 27, 2021

Safety and Wellbeing (often also known as Occupational Health and Safety) relies on a combination of a strong policy framework and a commitment by business owners and leaders to people and safety for a successful and a safe work environment. Every work environment,...

PRODUCT RECALLS ON THE RISE   

Apr 19, 2021

Product recalls are on the rise as ever increasing consumer protection and new regulations come into play. It does not take much of a defect to fail to meet various legislation and Australian Standards. When a recall is declared by a government agency or a retailer,...

Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH)

Dec 2, 2020

BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Passionate about sourcing innovative solutions for commercial and residential projects, Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) are an established leader among timber suppliers in Australia. As a trusted timber manufacturer & supplier, we...

How the workplace affects employee health and wellbeing

Nov 27, 2020

The most direct effect that workplaces have on employee health and wellbeing is through the occurrence of injuries or illness due to work. Our workplaces affect the types of risks involved. Workplaces with high levels of physical work (for example, those that involve...

Procurement Requirement ALERT! New Office Furniture Standard Published

Aug 30, 2020

   *Suppliers of Office desks, office workstations, tables intended to be used as office desks, or the increasinglypopular sit-stand desks can expect that their customers will request that products meet the new Standard.The Australian/New Zealand Standard, AS/NZS...

Bunks and Bean Bags top the list of failures

Sep 10, 2019

A further nine furniture product safety recalls were reported to the ACCC this month, with Bunk Beds and Bean Bags heading the list and eBay being amongst the sellers under scrutiny. Retailers have been warned to meet their obligations. Concerns are increasing over...

Social Media in the Workplace by John Clements, AB Phillips

Sep 3, 2018

by John Clements, AB Phillips Social media is constantly in the news. The privacy issues facing Facebook and the recent devaluing of that business on the share market is making headlines. Many people use social media to find out the news, to hear and share opinions,...

Be Specified! How to get your furnishing products into major projects

Aug 20, 2018

PART 1 In this first instalment, architect and designer, Jonathan Muller, shares his expertise on how to increase your turnover of locally designed and constructed furniture tenfold…..Or even more! You don’t do it by clinging to an outdated business model where...

Biosecurity and Illegal Logging Free Service

Aug 6, 2018

Did you know, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has a free service available to confidentially report information about suspected breaches of Australian biosecurity laws? Redline allows callers to report matters that may not be detected, reported or...