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Bisley becomes sole office furniture supplier for BT in multi-million pound deal

Thursday, 17 August 2023

Office furniture designer and manufacturer Bisley has secured a major contract which will see it supply its products to BT Group’s offices in the UK. The Newport-based company has made a deal to become the sole supplier of the telecoms giant’s storage furniture requirements.

Bisley continues growth trajectory

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Newport-based office furniture designer and manufacturer Bisley has signed two deals in the telecommunications and banking sectors.

The partnerships with BT Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) follow on from Bisley revealing that it is designing bespoke spaces within the Googleplex headquarters in California.

TURNOVER AND PROFITS UP AT OFFICE FURNITURE FIRM

5 June, 2023

The chief executive of an office furniture designer and manufacturer, which converted into an Employee Ownership Trust in December, has hailed a year in which turnover and profits rose, as it looks to further expand its presence.

For the year ended 31 July 2022, turnover at Bisley increased by 15.9 per cent from £67.4m to £78.1m.

Operating profits rose to £2.8m compared to £300,000 in 2021, which the business said was as a result of “continued focus on margins and further drives to reduce overheads”.

BISLEY CHOOSES NEW NORTHERN SHOWROOM

24 May, 2023

Office furniture designer and manufacturer Bisley has chosen Manchester as the home for its new Northern showroom.

The showroom will launch this summer in Calico on Mosley Street.

Bisley has been described as a “great addition” to the city and Calico where they have leased 2,906 sq ft of workspace within The Duplex. Bisley’s new Northern showroom will be its eighth and will promote the firm’s expanding portfolio of products and support its growing customer base in the North of England.

Tony Brown remembered for Bisley success

26 April, 2023

TONY Brown, the chairman and owner of home office and workplace furniture manufacturer Bisley, has died at the age of 86.

Bisley’s website paid tribute to Mr Brown as “a remarkable person of great integrity, who built the hugely successful manufacturing businesses on a foundation of hard work and investment, coupled with enormous respect and care for the some 1,000 people he ultimately employed

Bisley founder passes away

5 April, 2023

It is with great sadness that Bisley announces the passing of its Chairman and owner Anthony ‘Tony’ Brown, aged 86, on 4 April.

Tony began working at Bisley in 1960 and acquired the company from his father in 1970. At the time, the business had 45 staff members and annual sales of £370,000 ($400,000). Today, it generates annual revenue of around £70 million and exports its products to more than 75 countries.

Google taps UK firm to build furniture for its California headquarters

14 February, 2023

Bisley, a Wales-based office furniture manufacturer, signed a contract with Google to develop bespoke workspaces for the Googleplex headquarters in California.

The Welsh firm will supply custom-made furniture to the tech giant’s campus in Mountain View as part of the project which is in the consultation phase, according to Business Live.

 

Bisley debuts at Stockholm Furniture Fair

27 January, 2023

Bisley is to present its first ever showcase at the Stockholm Furniture Fair (7-11 February 2023), illustrating the multitude of innovative ways in which the brand’s collections can support and enhance home working. Organised in four zones, the stand will focus on key products which tell the story of Bisley’s wide-ranging expertise in designing and manufacturing office furniture solutions, at home and in the workplace.

 

 

Bisley Appoints Creative Director

Sunday, 17 October, 2021

Newport based office furniture manufacturer Bisley has appointed Jeanine Goddard as its new, and first, Creative Director.

Jeanine assumes her new position after four years as Bisley’s Showroom and Interior Designer, where she has been responsible for developing and enhancing the Bisley aesthetic at their London Clerkenwell showroom and at Bisley’s global subsidiaries around the world including Dubai, New York, Paris and Dusseldorf.

Production returns to the Bisley’s Newport factory

Wednesday, 27 May, 2020

Newport-based office equipment manufacurer Bisley has restarted work at its factory in Caswell Way on the Reevesland Industrial Estate.

The firm, like many businesses, has been affected due to Covid-19 and the government’s announcement for all non-essential businesses to close or to work from home over the last nine weeks.