ercol exhibits in Japan November saw ercol taking part in two exhibitions in Tokyo, through our partner in Japan, Daniel. IFFT or “interiorlifestyle living” show is Japan’s premier trade show for the furniture and interiors products market. This is held in the wonderfully named “Tokyo Big Sight” exhibition centre. Daniel mounted a display of ercol, with pieces from our Originals collection and the treviso desk, by Matthew Hilton. Also in November and coinciding with the Tokyo Design Week, Daniel took over the foyer of the Shinjuku Park Tower, to mount a pop-up display of ercol. The Shinjuku Park is a 57 storey block – the top 20 or so floors are the Hyatt Park Tower Hotel which was the setting for the film “Lost in Translation”. It is also home to the Ozone – The Tokyo Design Centre, where Daniel have a permanent display of ercol.

November 2011

ercol at Pod Food

Pod Food is a rapidly expanding fast food chain, currently focused on London. They put great emphasis on healthy eating, ethical sourcing and the environment. Their ingredients sourcing embraces fairtrade, local sourcing, sustainable fishing and seasonality. Pod are unusual in using compostable packaging made from plant matter and they have a composter in every pod. This attitude is also embraced in the building of every pod, including the use of recycled materials and (here we come in) the use of British furniture. ercol were delighted to work with architects Waugh Thistleton and Pod to provide our stacking chair for their new restaurant, located in Shoreditch, just off the Old Street tube roundabout in the ground floor of a prestigious new apartment complex. ercol supplied the stacking chairs in clear finish, white painted finish and in a special green painted finish to match the Pod corporate colours.

November 2011

ercol’s chiltern wins award
Selected by a panel of expert judges, the House Beautiful Awards 2011, covered a broad spectrum of home related categories.  We were delighted to receive the Gold Award for “Best Storage” with our chiltern display cabinet.  The award was accepted on behalf of ercol by our chairman, Edward Tadros at the awards night presentation.
Chiltern was developed exclusively for John Lewis and takes inspiration from some of our cherished designs from the 1950s, updated for today.  The chiltern display cabinet is a very striking piece – with an open back with an unusual lattice effect from crossed lists – inspired by the crossed lists on the back of the dining chair, but writ large.  This signature motif for the range is continued in the love seat back and also to form the undershelf on the coffee and lamp table.

November 2011

ercol at Maggies Centre, Nottingham Maggies have recently opened a new cancer care centre in Nottingham. Design has been at the heart of providing a welcoming and uplifting oasis for those suffering from cancer. The stunning new centre comprises four interlocking ovals, elevated about the ground and clad in green glazed tiles. It was designed by architect Piers Gough CBE, founding partner at CZWG Architects. Working in harmony with the building is an interior designed by Nottingham-born fashion designer Sir Paul Smith. Sir Paul commented “I am delighted to be involved in creating this centre for people living with cancer and their family and friends. It will be a great resource for everyone and a fantastic new addition to the city.” ercol were delighted to have our furniture selected as part of the interior scheme, including our butterfly chair in aqua finish, treviso desk by Matthew Hilton and chiltern chairs for John Lewis.

November 2011

John Bercow nominates ercol
MP for Buckingham and Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, visited ercol on Friday 11th November.  He spent several hours having the full tour of the works, seeing all the stages involved in making a piece of ercol furniture – from machining, timber bending and fabric cutting, to assembly and polishing.
Mr Bercow has also nominated ercol for the “Made in Britain” project by the Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group – each MP has been asked to highlight one company within their constituency that showcases UK manufacturing.  The Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group exists to encourage the exchange of knowledge and understanding between Parliament and the manufacturing industries and to raise the profile of manufacturing both inside and outside of Parliament.  Three cheers to that!

November 2011

New – bosco bedroom range
New this autumn, our bosco bedroom furniture range, with its distinctive radius finger joints, curved drawer pulls and dovetail joints.  A range of chests of drawers and a choice of either a double or triple wardrobe provide plenty of storage, whilst presprung bed slats help give a sound night’s rest.  The stylish bedside cabinet features two drawers – top and bottom, creating a shelf space inbetween for versatile storage.

November 2011

new ercol fabrics. Every year our design team visit the major fabric trade shows to seek out the best of that year’s new fabric offerings.  October sees us launch our new season fabrics into our collection.  They include a wide range of palettes, from bright vibrant reds to more muted greens and browns.  Geometric patterns include stripes and herringbones, whilst the trend for elements from nature continues with a number of florals.  Perhaps the most eye-catching of these is the Sanderson’s dandelion clocks, with its funky 50’s retro design featuring stylised dandelion heads with seeds radiating from a central point and printed in four off-beat colour combinations.  This design is ideal to add a splash of colour through your scatter cushions or an individual chair.

We have also added two new leather colours to our range  - a rich cognac and, very aptly for the season, conker.

You can download the new fabric catalogue from the catalogue page of our website.

ercol – coming soon to Ealing. ercol furniture are delighted to welcome Brentham Interiors of Ealing as a new ercol stockist from November.

Brenthams, like ercol, is a family run business.  They were established in 1938, just before the outbreak of WWII. During the war the store was used as a storage facility for RAF plane parts and engines, which may have been used in operations from RAF Northolt.  In 1946 the furniture industry in the UK slowly began to recover after the War and Brenthams embraced this by offering a selection of furniture from the top brands of the day.

Today Brentham’s is a third-generation family business, run by Danny Fellingham and his very experienced team, enabling them to offer great service, experience and knowledge.  The launch of the ercol display in November is a very exciting development and we look forward to welcoming Brenthams as an ercol stockist.

new ravenna recliner Our ravenna upholstery range has proved very popular since its launch last year.  This autumn sees us add a recliner chair to the range.  Deep comfortable cushioning gives perfect support for complete relaxation, whilst you can chose from a manual, or for the ultimate indulgence, an electric version.  The recliner has been designed to recline from the front, so it doesn’t extend over the rear of the chair, unlike some – this means you can still place the chair close to the wall, saving on valuable space.
The ravenna recliner is available in our choice of over a hundred different fabrics or a range of leathers, or we can even make it in your own fabric.  The solid ash legs are available in a choice of six timber finishes.

Oct 2011

ercol paints a vision for the kitchen Our latest dining range, the pinto collection, has been designed to suit modern living and dining requirements.  Today the kitchen is the hub of socialising in the home, with people favouring an open environment that combines kitchen, dining and casual seating areas for a relaxed, homely vibe.  Pinto adds style and practicality to any kitchen-diner, whatever the space.  Keep it simple with table and chairs from the pinto range and for larger rooms add dressers and sideboards for that extra design touch, coupled with practical storage.

Pinto’s classic country style look is enhanced by the striking contrast between painted elm juxtaposed with natural oak.  Table and cabinet tops are made from oak, with a clear matt lacquer, showing off the natural grain of the wood, whilst legs and cabinetry come in painted elm in a choice of three soft matt colours – pebble, coffee and sage.
Pinto offers two chair designs – a more casual spindle back dining chair or a fully upholstered chair.

Oct 2011

new artisan pieces We’ve added two new pieces to our popular artisan range of living and dining furniture.  Both pieces show the characteristic curves of artisan.  The new 2253 artisan bookcase is a tall piece with adjustable shelves and, unusually, a drawer at mid-height for easy to access additional storage.  The new 2218 artisan corner TV unit is ideal for making use of the space in room corners.  It features the ercol IR magic eye, which enables you to use your normal remote control for your digibox or DVD player through the closed wooden doors – avoiding an unsightly array of electrical equipment and helping keep it all dust free.

Oct 2011

ercol at Westfield The new Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, just next to the Olympic Park, opened its doors mid-September.  Head to Las Iguanas for a taste of Latin America and you can sit on the ercol butterfly chair in our aqua painted finish whilst enjoying one of their signature Brazilian dishes.  ercol’s Originals collection are a popular choice for restaurant seating and are available in a range of stained timber or painted finishes – we’ve chosen for this season’s colours aqua, mandarin and navy, along with our permanent black and white options.

Sep 2011

New ekero bedroom. Designed by ercol, exclusively for John Lewis, ekero is a contemporary bedroom collection that takes its inspiration from Scandinavian design.  Traditionally constructed, this clean lined range has distinctive angled solid wood handles that create a modern feel, softened by the gentle tapering of the cabinet legs and the natural appeal of the white oak. Don't just admire the range, admire yourself in the freestanding full-length ekero mirror.
ekero is available in selected John Lewis stores and from johnlewis.com from late August

Aug 2011

new bosco range Our new Bosco dining range combines style and practicality. We love the radius joint details on the tables and cabinets, the detailing on the chair backs and the dovetail joints on the drawer boxes.Bosco has the flexibility to meet your requirements – chose from an upholstered or a wooden back chair, chose from an extending dining table, or a choice of two fixed top tables. You can also have the two fixed top tables made to your bespoke length requirements to give the size you need. We even have an adjustable shelving unit, with shelves that slide to give you the desired width. Two sideboards provide plenty of storage, whilst the bosco desk is ideal for occasional home working.

August 2011

new pilgrim pieces Our pilgrim range was designed by ercol exclusively for John Lewis and launched earlier this year with a range of display and storage pieces.  We have now added three new pieces to the collection – a coffee table, a console table and a lamp table.  All have the simple, clean lines of the pilgrim range, and are in a combination of clear oak and painted finish, with a choice of putty or grey paints.  The pieces are very practical with the coffee and lamp tables both having two drawers and the console table a single large drawer for storage. Pilgrim is available through selected branches of John Lewis and through johnlewis.com

August 2011

ercol at Stirling Castle. Completing the double with Edinburgh Castle, where we supplied our stacking chair for both its restaurants, we recently provided our 392 stacking chair in our rich, dark TR (traditional) finish for the Unicorn Café at Stirling Castle.
The Castle traces its turbulent history back through over 900 years. The Unicorn Café, which takes its name from the many statues and images of unicorns around the Castle, combines a bright and modern servery with an atmospheric seating area with whitewashed and natural old stone walls. It even has a rooftop patio, from which you can get stunning views of the surrounding countryside whilst enjoying their traditional Scottish cuisine. For more images visit our Flickr site.

the Triangle is a new development of affordable eco-friendly homes by Kevin McCloud’s company Hab Oakus and housing group GreenSquare.  The houses use carefully considered design and materials to make the homes cheap to run whilst keeping the build costs around those of a standard building. 
Lifestyle is also an important part of the Triangle, with shared green spaces, “kitchen gardens” for growing food and a car pool. Of course, good furniture is an important part of lifestyle and ercol were delighted to be asked to furnish No. 38 The Triangle.  We chose our ravenna upholstery, artisan oak dining collection, treviso desk by designer Matthew Hilton and a range of our Originals.

July 2011

la fabrika. A recent addition to the ercol international stockists, la fabrika is a design lead retailer in the Dansaert district of central Brussels – in their words “la fabrika is born out of an absolute lover for design, our passion for well-designed contemporary furnishing, carefully selected from the best of today’s design”.  Among a string of well-known international design-lead brands, they showcase pieces from the ercol Originals collection.

la fabrika offer a full interior design service and also sell to the contract market.   You can find more images on our flickr site

June 11

Open House 2011. We’ve just welcomed many of our retailers to our annual Open House, where we reveal our new product ranges for the Autumn.  This year we’ve had a job fitting all the new ranges into our showroom – there’s been so much to show.  The new ranges will be going into store in the autumn, but you can get an early preview of them by visiting our showroom in Princes Risborough, giving you a chance to be front of the queue with your order.
So what can you expect to see – well we’ve a stylish new bedroom range, with some lovely joint details, new dining/living ranges and lots of wonderful new fabrics and leathers for our upholstery.  It’s not just new ranges either, with additions to our popular Artisan and Mantua dining/living ranges and Ravenna upholstery range.  

We hope you like them!

June 11

ercol in China – Lane Crawford. We’re delighted to announce that ercol is now on display with prestige fashion and lifestyle group Lane Crawford in four stores in Hong Kong and one in Beijing. On display are a selection from our Originals collection, along with the Treviso desk by renowned British designer, Matthew Hilton. Lane Crawford is Asia’s leading speciality store, offering the largest assortment of designer brands in Greater China, encompassing fashion, home and lifestyle. It has a long pedigree, founded in 1850 by two Scots, Thomas Ash Lane and Ninian Crawford, who opened a shop in a makeshift bamboo structure on the waterfront. By the early 1900s, as well as stores in Hong Kong, it also had outlets in Canton, Shanghai, Kobe and Tokyo. After the war, Lane Crawford had to rebuild from scratch and started to expand its import division to include luxury items, particularly cosmetics and jewellery. Today the focus has shifted from department store, to speciality store, providing the highest quality branded goods in clothing, jewellery, cosmetics, home and lifestyle through its stores in Hong Kong and Beijing.

www.lanecrawford.com

Mar 11

New Pilgrim range. Designed by ercol, exclusively for John Lewis, Pilgrim is a range of display cabinets, made from white oak with lacquered frames in a choice of two colours - either steel grey or putty.  The painted carcass contrasts with the natural oak finish of the fronts and interiors, whilst the simple, clean look takes inspiration from the New World styles.  The range comprises a sideboard, armoire and tall six-drawer cabinet.  The furniture provides a great combination of storage and display, with both large drawers and display shelving behind glass doors.

Pilgrim is available on-line from John Lewis or can be seen in selected John Lewis stores from February 2011.

http://www.johnlewis.com/pilgrim

Feb 2011

ercol in COS. Tonal blues and greys are this season’s hot colour trend and when international fashion retailer COS were styling their shop windows for this trend they turned to ercol for the half blue love seat to add the finishing touch.  So, you can now see the love seat in over thirty COS shop windows in the Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. 
COS are a renowned fashion retailer for women and men who want high fashion with good quality at affordable prices.  www.cosstores.com

Feb 2011

ercol pops up in Selfridges. Peeking out amongst the cushions here is the ercol half-blue love seat - chosen to participate at Selfridges London as part of a space dedicated to showcasing this season's key trend of a colour palette inspired by differing shades of blue through to grey. The half blue love seat is inspired by the ercol blue and features a blast of striking blue paint throughout the middle of the chair. The blue gradually shades out to reveal the beauty of the natural wood.

The ercol half blue love seat is available to purchase from the Blue to Greyspace on the lower ground floor at Selfridges London. As well as the love seat, you will find a wide range of home accessories from an array of designers in, well, blues and greys.

Feb 2011

New chiltern pieces for John Lewis. Following the success of the chiltern dining range, designed exclusively for John Lewis, we're adding five new pieces to the collection. The chiltern range was inspired by ercol's mid-century archive, reinterpreted for today. The new editions similarly take inspiration from some of our classic designs, whilst taking the distinctive "criss-cross" pattern of the lists on the chiltern chair as a design motif across the range. As well as the bench (pictured), there is a new display cabinet, lamp and coffee tables and a triple table nest. Available from selected John Lewis stores from end of January 2011 and on the John Lewis website.

Jan 2011

Sleep Event 2010. The Sleep Event is a major show aimed at those involved in the design, architecture and development of hotels.  It is held in the wonderful Business Design Centre in Islington every November.  The show has an eclectic range of exhibitors, covering furniture, textiles, bathrooms, LED TVs, access controls amongst many others.  It is spread over multiple levels and includes a number of room sets compiled by leading architect and design firms.  ercol were delighted to supply our 1877 windsor chairs and forum rectangular tables to provide seating for 80 at the Delegates Lounge, situated on the mezzanine level. 

The Business Design Centre is a wonderful, light and airy Victorian building with wrought iron supports and glass roofing.  Building commenced in 1861 and for years “The Agricultural Hall” as it was then was host to a wide range of exhibitions and entertainments, before being requisitioned by the Inland and Foreign Parcel’s Office during World War II.  It continued in this use until 1971 and was then laid unused until being renovated in 1986.

November 2010

British Design Week Tokyo: ercol teamed up with our Japanese distributor, Daniel to show our furniture as part of the British Design Week in Tokyo this October. Our thanks to the British embassy team for their help in organising the event and in particular for letting us use the embassy’s impressive rooms to stage the show. During the same period our furniture was also on display at the contemporary Living Design Centre and it is on permanent display at the Tokyo Prince Hotel. You can see more images of the exhibitions on our Flickr page.

Visit Daniel’s website at www.daniel.co.jp

November 2010

New appointments: On the back of strong trading this year, we’ve just announced some new appointments to further bolster our team. Nick Garratt, who has been with ercol since 2005, moves from Head of Sales and Operations to become Managing Director, whilst Ian Peers has been appointed to the board as Operations Director, having also worked at ercol since 2005, most recently as Production Manager.

To help continue the sales success there are two new sales appointments, with Philip Spademan joining as Head of Sales, with a background in FMCG, and Peter Cummings starting last month as Area Sales Manager, responsible for our retailers in Scotland, Northern Ireland and North England.

ercol’s Chairman, Edward Tadros, commented: “It’s an exciting time for the business, and each of these new appointments will play a fundamental part in ensuring the company’s continued growth. Our success comes down to our continued commitment to offering consumers great design, quality, choice and value."

October 2010

Hopewells - 125 years: Independent furniture retailer and ercol stockist, Hopewells of Nottingham, is celebrating 125 years of trading this year.  In the year when the world’s first motorcycle was launched by Daimler, Frank Hopewell began trading as a furnisher and removals contractor just a short distance from Hopewell’s current store.
Today Hopewells operate from a modern store and showcase a wide variety of familiar brands, including ercol.  They are one of a select group of stores to have an ercol studio, our premier level of displays.  We wish them every success in this their 125th year and for the future.

October 2010

New catalogue for 2011: Were looking forward, with the launch of our brand spanking new catalogue for 2011.  It is packed full of new photography showing our furniture in this season’s fabrics.  As well as many old favourites it also features our new ranges for 2011, including our new ravenna upholstery range – an invitingly soft and comfortable modern collection.  From our archives, weve also re-introduced the 355 studio couch as part of our Originals collection, and on the back cover you’ll find our 90th anniversary special editions of our 354 pebble nest.
To get your copy, either pop into your nearest ercol stockist, call customer services on 01844 271800 or order your copy online at http://www.ercol.com/catalogues where you can also view it online.

October 2010

Crash bang wallop: This month sees us transport the ercol showroom to the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop for the weekend of 11th-12th September. In collaboration with our local retailers, we will be launching our new 2011 catalogue, with a range of new furniture and new season fabrics. There will be some great promotions and the chance for you to ask any questions of ercol’s experts.

The Museum is home to a unique collection of aviation history. There are over 35 historic fixed wing and rotary wing (that’s helicopters to you and me!) aircraft on display, along with detailed dioramas, artefacts, trophies and models.

Free entry to the ercol exhibition and to the Museum is by invitation only. To obtain your invitation and for details of participating stockists please contact Julie Ansty on 01844 271821. The Museum is located on the A343 between Andover & Salisbury and the exhibition will be open 10am to 5pm on Saturday 11th September and 10am to 4 pm on Sunday 12th.

September 2010

Tramshed Live: We are delighted to announce that ercol will be sponsoring Tramshed Live as part of the London Design Festival this September. The Tramshed is an exciting new design exhibition and creative collaboration, held in a wonderfully historic building that started life in 1905 as the power station for the Shoreditch tram system. Tramshed Live is a programme of talks aiming to stimulate debate about the issues affecting the design industry today, under the overall theme “New Directions For Design”. Full details of the programme can be found on the Tramshed website. As part of sponsoring the event, ercol will be furnishing the seminar theatre, with our windsor chairs and love seats. The Tramshed exhibition takes place from 22nd to 26th September 2010.

August 2010

Funky fabrics: Next month sees design show Tent London return as part of the London Design Festival. Ercol will once again be exhibiting there and we’re really exciting to be working with some of the UK’s foremost fabric designers to bring you some very special pieces for the show.

Donna Wilson is perhaps best known for her quirky knitted creatures, but her studio has a whole range of products, including cushions, blankets, ceramics and stationery. Donna will be doing two special versions of our 355 Studio Couch for Tent London, one based on her printed fabrics and another with chunky knitted covers.

Young fabric designer Sarah-Jayne Guest had reupholstered an old ercol chair in her own fabrics for One Year On, part of this year’s New Designers show. Sarah-Jayne studied Printed Textiles at Loughborough University. For Tent London, we will be showing our Windsor chair in black with seat pads made from her fabrics.

August 2010

New ercol studios ercol studios reflect the premier displays of ercol furniture in the best settings. We have been busy working with a selection of our retailers converting their displays to studios, where the breadth of our furniture ranges can be seen, displayed in a lifestyle environment.

Recently we have completed new studios at Gardiner Haskins in Bristol, Peter Green in Chandlers Ford and Reading, and Leekes stores in Melksham, Bilston, Llantrisant and Cross Hands.

Edward Tadros, our chairman, commented on the Studio programme: “this is an important step for ercol to showcase our furniture in an environment that best highlights the ranges. We are very proud to bring our new-look studio to customers throughout the UK.”

We hope you enjoy visiting them!

August 2010

ercol scoops award. We’re delighted to learn that we’ve been voted by readers of Interiors Monthly Magazine as the Best Living Room Furniture Manufacturer for 2010. Thank you to all the readers who voted for us! Now for 2011….

July 2010

New for John Lewis – chiltern dining. Just going into John Lewis stores as we write is our new chiltern dining range.  The range draws on original 1950s designs from our archives, brought up to date.  It features a clean-lined, minimalist dining table, with a smooth rectangular top with rounded ends and sculpted, splayed legs.  This is paired with a distinctive chair with crossed lists forming a lattice back and double crossed stretchers between the legs, which carry the same shape as those of the dining table.
Both pieces are available in three options: natural lacquered oak or a choice of white or black lacquered ash & beech.  Chiltern is available exclusively from John Lewis, through their stores and website.

July 2010

Introducing Torino. New for Summer 2010, the Torino dining range provides a stylish, yet relaxed dining experience. The range shows off the beauty of the American oak it is crafted from. Attention to detail in the design shows through from the chamfers of the table legs, end-on grain detailing and dovetail joints.

Torino is very practical. The sideboards have pull out serving shelves to give you additional space when dishing up and have plentiful storage space. The dining tables feature extension leaves that store within the table for ease of use.

Torino is available from selected ercol stockists - phone ercol Customer Services on 01844 271800 for your nearest stockist.

 July 2010

Studio couch returns! Since we relaunched a small selection of classic pieces from our back catalogue as our Originals range a few years ago, we've had lots of requests to re-release our 355 studio couch. Well, we've listened and are delighted to reintroduce this iconic piece in this, our 90th year.
The studio couch was designed by the company's founder, Lucian Ercolani, and was originally launched in the late 1950s. As well as looking great, the studio couch was highly functional, designed to act both as a large sofa and an occasional bed. Featuring characteristic steam bent arms the studio couch is made from solid elm and beech in our Buckinghamshire factory and is available in a choice of over a hundred different fabrics.

July 10

Daniel of Windsor. We are delighted to announce a prestigious new ercol stockist, WJ Daniel & Co in Windsor. This family run business has been trading for over a hundred years and is currently going through an exciting programme of investment and development, greatly expanding the Windsor store.

The company was founded in 1901 by Walter James Daniel as a drapery store in Ealing. In 1918 his son, Charles, purchased a shop in Windsor for his sister to run. Today Daniel comprises a thriving department store in Windsor and smaller stores in Ealing and Chiswick. The stores pride themselves on customer service and are a focal point in their communities. The company is renowned for giving back to the community with support to local charitable organisations for issues that are important to their local community.

With its French Patisserie and La Brasserie restaurant, Daniel makes an ideal top off during a day visiting the many attractions of Windsor and Eton. The new ercol display is currently located next to the coffee shop, so why not pop in, have a look at our furniture and treat yourself to a coffee and a cake?
www.danielstores.co.uk

June 2010

BA Contemporary Furniture Design project ercol has long worked closely with Bucks New University, and for a number of years we’ve set a project for the BA course. This year we set a brief for the students to design a piece of furniture that could be used as storage in the bedroom. The judging panel chose a lean-to dressing table with a sliding top that moves to reveal storage underneath, designed by Phil Procter. This winning design was then hand crafted by ercol’s prototype makers.

Phil derived his idea from “the monolithic and cumbersome storage that we so often surround ourselves within our bedrooms. The aim for the project was to somehow lighten up and calm the atmosphere of the bedroom by designing furniture which emphasised and celebrated its negative space, without compromising the object's usual functions.” You can see more images of Phil’s pieces being made on our Flickr site.

June 10

Camphill Communities. Recently we supplied furniture to two of the Camphill Communities. Camphill is an international charity supporting children and adults with learning disabilities, mental health problems and other special needs. It does this through a network of communities both urban and rural, which provide a caring, supportive and stimulating environment. Each centre aims to provide opportunities for personal growth, fulfilling work, friendship and social interaction, education and training.

Botton, near Whitby, has grown to become the largest Camphill community. Its farm provides work both on the farm itself and in its dairy, food centre and bakery, with products available in the village store & coffee bar. Its workshops make a variety of goods including wooden toys, dolls, candles, woven and printed items.

Glencraig Community is located on a beautiful estate sloping down to Belfast Lough. Founded in 1954, today it encompasses around 200 people, with 19 houses, a school and workshops, with the farm at its heart. Glencraig’s school and training college caters for children and young people from 6-19 years and provides adult education. In addition forty adults with learning difficulties live in the community’s houses, sharing their lives with their co-workers and families.

For more information visit www.cvt.org.uk and www.camphillni.org

May 2010

Prize draw - win one of our 90th anniversary specials. In our previous news item we told you about our three special edition piecMes we are making to celebrate our 90th anniversary this year - our 0354 nest of tables in a walnut version and in a painted multi-coloured version and our butterfly chair in walnut. Now we are offering the chance to win one of these special pieces.

We are giving away one of our anniversary specials to two winners. As you will know, you can keep up to date with all that's happening at ercol through our facebook fan page and through our blog. As a thank you for following us on these new sites, we will be randomly selecting one person from those who are fans of our facebook page and from those who've subscribed to our blog as at 30th May 2010. Those winners will be able to chose one of the three anniversary specials as a prize. So if you haven't done so already, subscribe to the blog and like our facebook page to be in for a chance to win. You can find buttons linking to these sites at the top of this web page. Prize draw rules:

May 10

90th anniversary special editions . We are celebrating our 90th anniversary this year. We've lots of new product ranges coming out this year, as we look forward to the next decade of ercol, but we felt we'd also like to mark the occasion with a few special pieces.

For our 90th anniversary we are issuing special versions of two of our Originals.

Our classic 0354 nest of tables, was designed by ercol's founder, Lucian Ercolani, in 1956. For our celebrations we are making two special versions of it. We've given it a playful makeover in an array of colours to create a fun flash of colour for the home. The large table is painted in teal, the medium table in coral and the small table in red ochre. We are also making a special edition with walnut table tops, instead of the normal elm. The rich dark colour of the walnut provides a striking contrast with the beech legs.

The butterfly chair was first launched in 1958 and was also designed by our founder, Lucian Ercolani. We are also issuing this in a walnut version as an anniversary special. Here, bent walnut plies replace the usual elm for the seat and back, and, as with the tables, you get an incredible contrast between the walnut and the beech of the legs and frame.

May 10

Milan Furniture Show. We were delighted to be asked to take part in 100% British Design at the Milan Furniture Show this April. Organised by the British Consulate in Milan, and hosted by design-lead Milan store la Rinascente, in the words of the Consulate it aimed to showcase "the best of British creativity and innovation." We had two sets of furniture on display. One comprised our love seat, classic Windsor chair and ever popular 354 "pebble" nest, along with a stacking chair, all shown in clear finish. The second set paired two butterfly chairs with our 2327 treviso occasional table, by renowned British designer Matthew Hilton.

The photograph shows HRH Duke of York admiring the ercol furniture, with (L to R) our chairman, Edward Tadros, Vittorio Radice, CEO of la Rinascente and Mr Borletti, President of la Rinascente. More images of the show are on our facebook and Flickr sites.

Apr 10

New ercol store - Furniture Village, Farnborough. Easter saw the opening of a new Furniture Village store, in the Solartron Retail Park, in Farnborough. ercol were selected as one of the key furniture brands for the store and you can see a selection of our upholstery, dining, occasionals and bedroom furniture. The store is open seven days a week, with late night opening (until 8pm) Monday to Friday.

Apr 10

Act now, Think later! ercol has long worked closely with Bucks New University, our local university, which runs some of the few remaining furniture courses in the country. Recently we've been working with this year's MA students on the MA Furniture Design degree. In Act first, Think later, the students are given a tour of ercol's factory and showroom and then are asked to take those first impressions and react to what they see, feel, smell and think in the factory, and over a short period develop those impressions into creative ideas. In April 2010 the group gave a presentation to ercol on the project. We had an enjoyable and thought provoking session and thank the students for this. You can see pictures from the presentation on our Flickr site and Facebook page.

Apr 10

Le Bon Marche - Maison d'Edition 2010 Housed in a beautiful, historic building designed by Gustaf Eiffel, of tower fame, and built in 1852, Le Bon Marche is now one of Paris' leading design orientated stores. Beautiful glass ceilings, a stunning stone facade, a huge atrium, all add to the splendour of this store.On its second floor is its Maison d'Edition - an arrangement of their selection of the most desirable furniture and household objects - more of an installation than a furniture store. They describe it as "our vision of the art of living." April 2010 saw the launch of their selection for 2010 and ercol were delighted to take part, with our half blue love seat, Treviso desk and 0354 Originals nest. Le Bon Marche are located at 38 Rue de Sevres, Paris and you can view their Maison d'Edition catalogue on line.

Apr 10

Showroom clearance sale. We'll be showing a raft of new products at our Open House event this May. To make room for all these new products and to refresh our display we're having a showroom clearance event, where you can get some great bargains on our display models.

The Showroom Clearance Event kicks off on Friday 26th March and runs to Monday 5th April. In previous years this has proved very popular so we'd recommend coming early to get the best choice of the bargains.

Further details can be obtained from Larry Parkinson on 01844 271830

Mar 10

ercol awarded Design Guild Marks. ercol have been awarded not one, but two, Design Guild Marks this year, out of only twenty awarded in total. The Design Guild Mark is issued by Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers - the industry's guild. The guild mark is awarded "for excellence in the design of furniture. It will mark and reward the work of the finest designers working in Britain."

The first award was in recognition of the designs of our company's founder, Lucian Ercolani, embodied in our Originals range. The second award was for Matthew Hilton with the Treviso desk. The Treviso desk is on sale in the UK exclusively through selected John Lewis stores (details on our website) and Liberty of London.

Mar 10

New this Easter - 2228 artisan hall table and desk. Our artisan range has proved very popular. Made from real oak at our Princes Risborough factory, the artisan range shows the beauty of solid wood, with its characteristic shapes and chamfers in the legs, drawers and doors to give a beautiful modern elegance to the range.

This Easter sees the addition of a new piece to the range. Our 2228 artisan hall table combines practicality with elegance. It is a hall table with a secret - it is also an extremely useful compact desk. The drawer under the desk is ideal for storing your laptop or keyboard - slide open the drawer and the hinged drawer-front can be lowered to provide a flat surface to type on. The back of the drawer also has a cut-out to take any cables.

Mar 10

New ercol studio at Hi-Sell Direct. Hi-Sell Direct is a family run business established over 25 years ago, trading from retail showrooms at St. Ives in Cambridgeshire and Gamlingay in Bedfordshire totalling over 50,000sq. ft.

ercol studios represent our premier presentations of ercol. We were delighted to create an ercol studio at the Gamlingay store towards the end of 2009, the success of which has been phenomenal. It was a natural progression to create a similar environment in St. Ives to showcase the beauty and diversity of ercol furniture. This new ercol studio is now open for viewing and they will be having their formal champagne launch over the Easter weekend.

https://www.hi-sellonline.co.uk/

Mar 10

Treviso desk at John Lewis. We're delighted that our treviso desk is now available through John Lewis. Designed by renowned British furniture designer, Matthew Hilton, and made in our Buckinghamshire factory from American oak, the treviso desk is a strikingly elegant, clean-lined design. The forward angled legs provide a unique silhouette to this piece, making it instantly recognisable. Two drawers provide storage for pens and pencils, whilst an under-drawer provides storage for a laptop.

Matthew Hilton was named British Designer of the year by Elle Decoration in 2008. Born in 1957, he studied at Portsmouth College of Art and then at Kingston Polytechnic. In 1985 he set up the Matthew Hilton Design Studio to work with a number of renowned manufacturers and retailers, including ercol.

You can see the Treviso desk at John Lewis stores in Oxford Street, Kingston, Bluewater, High Wycombe and at Peter Jones (Sloane Square).

http://www.ercol.com/2334.html

Mar 10

Lucian Brett Ercolani DSO, DFC: 1917 - 2010 It is with great sadness that we have to tell you that Lucian Ercolani passed away on Saturday 13 February 2010, aged 92. Mr Lucian, as he was affectionately known to everyone at ercol, will be sorely missed.

The eldest son of ercol's founder, Mr Lucian joined the company in 1934 and in due course took up the reigns from The Old Man, Lucian Ercolani Senior, running the factory from the 1950s through to 1994. Even after this, Mr Lucian remained closely involved with the company.

Mr Lucian played an active role within the broader community, serving as Master of the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, being a founder of the Radnage branch of the British Legion and a governor of the Bucks College of Higher Education, now the Bucks New University. Mr Lucian served in the RAF during the war, for which he was decorated. Mr Lucian was a keen sailor, sailing to various countries around the globe and also travelled widely for the business.

Our current Chairman, Edward Tadros, Mr Lucian's nephew, paid tribute to Mr Lucian:

"Lucian's life was a long catalogue of a remarkable and very full career. He was a great innovator in manufacturing which he combined with a deep interest in people and with great qualities of leadership. He was one of the truly great men of the post war furniture industry. It is indeed the passing of an era. I think the underlying theme of it all was his strength of leadership and character at every turn."

Our thoughts and condolences are with his family.

Feb 10

Electricity use reduced: We feel the environment comes naturally to ercol, with our long-lasting furniture made from wood in our energy efficient factory at Princes Risborough. However, since we moved into our new premises we have tried every year to reduce our energy consumption. Our heat and hot water are supplied from burning our wood waste in our biomass boiler, but we still have to use electricity to run our machinery and lighting (despite extensive use of natural daylight).

Well, we've just had our final bill in for last year and are pleased to say that in 2009 we managed to reduce our electricity consumption by a little over 10% compared to 2008. We are now looking into ways we can further reduce our consumption in 2010. After all, every little bit helps.

Feb 10

Manufacturing Guild Mark presentation: The Manufacturing Guild Mark, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, is awarded as a mark of distinction to a select band of manufacturers, based on a range of criteria, which include a commitment to design, quality of making, efficiency of manufacturing, a concern for the environment, a commitment to training and above all that most of the Guild Mark holder's manufacturing is carried out in the UK.

Ercol are delighted to be holders of the Manufacturing Guild Mark in recognition of our work in these categories. On 26th January we were presented with our certificate for 2010 by Peter Kelsey, Master of the Worshipful Company, during a ceremony at Interiors 2010.

Feb 10

Puff and Flock at Designersblock: As well as our own, greatly enlarged, stand at Interiors 2010 this month, ercol have teamed up with avant garde textile designers Puff & Flock, who've taken classic ercol pieces and given them a twist, whether it be adding decorative steel grate panels between the slats of a Windsor chair in Twirl, a butterfly chair rendered in the pattern of our E360 fabric, in Carbon Copy Chair, or a Cyclopes version of the Studio couch in the Character Couch.

Puff and Flock will be showing their ercol pieces as part of the Designersblock stand at Interiors 2010. Interiors 2010 is open to the furniture trade from 24th - 27th January and takes place at the NEC Birmingham.

http://www.puffandflock.com/

Jan 10

Sit down! Sit down: Seating for kids is a new exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood. The show features seating for children through the last four centuries, from school chairs to highchairs, saddles to potties, armchairs to swings. The exhibition takes inspiration from the Three Bears, with visitors entering through three different sized doors into the Three Bears' cottage. Visitors can vote for their favourite chair by placing spoons in porridge bowls.

ercol are delighted to be supporting this exhibition. We have worked with Furniture Design & Technology students from Bucks New University on a brief to develop a functional and original child's school chair for the show, providing an insight into the design process.

The Wallpaper ercol chair arch, first installed last September at the V&A as part of the London Design Festival, will be erected at the Museum of Childhood for this show.

Jan 2010

21 year awards: We're delighted to give five employees their 21 year awards this December and to carve their names on the honour roll in our showroom. Of our current workforce, 66 hold the 21 year award and 4 hold the 40 year award. Since the company started 583 individuals have received the 21 year award and 100 have received the 40 year award. This length of service and the knowledge, skills and experience it brings are a crucial part of what makes ercol special. We'd like to thank all employees for their ongoing support and dedication.

Dec 09

New Cortona recliner: Our new Cortona recliner has just gone into stockists. We designed Cortona with comfort and looks as our key objectives. The luxurious cushioning provides a deliciously comfortable sit, whilst an adjustable headrest means you can adjust the angle of support given to your head. Combine it with the matching footstool and put your feet up, recline and relax.

Cortona can be tailored to your own look, with a choice of leathers or fabrics for the upholstery. The characteristic wood arm fronts and base come in a choice of six environmentally friendly water based finishes. Chcose from a standard or wide recliner.

For details of your nearest stockist please phone Customer Services on 01844 271800.

Dec 09

New electronic furniture archive: Buckinghamshire New University has a close involvement with the Furniture Industry, which has been one of the key employers in the area. They have embarked on preserving the industry's rich heritage through creating an on-line collection of photos, technical papers and other documents. This project will make over 16,000 fascinating images freely accessible. We've made available a wide range of images from our archives as part of this project. You can see these, and other fascinating images, on the Furniture Archive website at http://hwfurniturearchive.bucks.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewHome

Nov 09

New ercol studio at Hi-Sell: The ercol studios represent the ultimate in ercol displays - an extensive selection from our ranges, displayed in well laid out and attractive settings. You'll only find a larger selection at our Princes Risborough showroom.

Our latest studio has opened at family run business Hi-Sell in their Gamlingay showroom in Befordshire. Hi-Sell have long been an ercol stockist and have been successful furniture retailers for over twenty-five years, priding themselves on quality of service. They have over 50,000 square feet of space over their two stores.

You can find out more on their website at https://www.hi-sellonline.co.uk/

Nov 09

2010 catalogues. Our new 2010 catalogues are out now and available to download from this website. Our main catalogue includes two new recliner ranges, the new leather version of our Isola upholstery range, our Treviso dining range by Matthew Hilton, our new infra-red media units, that enable you to use your remote controls with the wooden doors closedand of course all our old favourites.

We've a new catalogue featuring our four bedroom ranges and our new reCover catalogue is out, listing all the reupholstery options for your existing ercol upholstery.

Oct 09

Interiors 2010. We're delighted to announce that ercol will be exhibiting at Interiors 2010, the furniture industry's premier trade show. Held between 24th-27th January at the NEC in Birmingham, Interiors 2010, is where all the major furniture manufacturers and suppliers get to show their wares to retailers from the UK and further afield.

We're busy planning what we will show on our stand this January. The good news is that following a very well received stand last year, we've doubled our space for 2010 so we can showcase even more of our ranges. We hope to see you there - you can find us in Hall 1 on stand G33.

Oct 09

ercol Wallpaper chair arch. In late Victorian times towns celebrated visits by major dignitaries through erecting an arch across the main street which was festooned with the main product of that city. In High Wycombe it was only natural that this would be a chair arch. The first major chair arch was built in 1877 to mark a visit by Queen Victoria. Local chairmaker Walter Skull was asked by the Council to organise this magnificent arch. Later his company would become part of ercol.

Design magazine Wallpaper decided to commission a modern reinterpretation of the chair arch for this year's London Design Festival and asked ercol to partner them - the result will be two spectacular overlapping arches of ercol's stacking chair in the central courtyard of the V&A museum, the John Madjeski garden, from September 19th to 27th

Sep 09

Britain Can (Still) Make It. Renowned design-led retailer Liberty, is hosting "Britain Can (Still) Make It." This unique week long exhibition is made up entirely of British designed and produced furniture, lighting, ceramics and textiles, as well as exclusive collaborations. Curated by David Nicholls, Design Editor of the Saturday Telegraph Magazine, and by Michelle Alger, Home & Furniture Buyer, Liberty, the show will demonstrate that Britain is still at the forefront of cutting edge design and craftsmanship. ercol are proud to have been asked by Liberty to take part in the show and will be showcasing some new products at the event. This is particularly satisfying for us, since we exhibited at the original Britain Can Make It exhibition in 1946, from which this show takes its inspiration. There we showed what was to become our Windsor range - which is still going strong over half a century later.

Britain Can (Still) Make It will be taking place during the London Design Festival at Liberty from 19th - 27th September.

Sep 09

The Dock. Curated by renowned designer Tom Dixon, The Dock is described as "an emporium of creative talent". Situated at The Portobello Dock, the exhibition will be over 45,000 square foot of space, spanning the Grand Union Canal. Part of the London Design Festival, it will run from 21st to 27th September.

We've decided to show our iconic stacking chair, coupled with our new 0383 Table. This table, inspired by our ercol Originals, has been designed specially for the Conran Shops as part of their new "Well Considered" range delivering affordable design.

Sep 09

Heritage Open Days - September 2009: Every year in September, thousands of buildings of all ages, styles and functions open their doors to the public as part of the "Heritage Open Days", coordinated by English Heritage. ercol will again be participating, offering guided tours of our factory and showroom. Purpose built in 2002 this modern facility won a number of architectural and environmental awards. This is a chance for the public to tour the factory whilst it is working and to see ercol furniture being made by our craftsmen, using a combination of modern machinery and age old skills. Tours will be taking place on 10th and 11th of September. Places are limited, so if you'd like to take part you must book your place by calling Stella May on 01844 271850.

Aug 2009

Amy Vinn - Allsorts: I think you can guess what this furniture was inspired by! Created by young designer Amy Vinn "to make people smile and enjoy the furniture around them"; it certainly does that. Amy won the Cabinet Maker Young Designer Award earlier this year with these pieces and as part of that award is spending a fortnight with ercol's design studio during August 2009.

Aug 2009

GTC Evergreen: Design store, The General Trading Company, based just off Sloane Square in London, have given Evergreen a dramatic presentation for their display, choosing a range of stunning fabrics from Designers Guild. Shown here is an Evergreen easy chair, with black frame and matching black buttons, in a violet velvet from the Varese range. You can see more examples at www.flickr.com/photos/ercol

Aug 2009

New fabrics.Our new season fabrics brochure is now available on the website and in stores. We've introduced over forty new fabrics to the range this autumn, representing our selection of our favourites from this year's shows. Designs inspired by nature have again been popular this season, with floral designs in varying degrees of abstract, along with geometrical designs and textured plains. We know that affordability is especially important currently, so we have sourced a new collection of fabrics, available on all our upholstery at lower price points.

Jul 09

Tent London: We have just booked our space to exhibit at Tent London, the contemporary design show, for 2009. This follows from our well received stand at last year's show. Tent London is open to the public and is held in the vast site of the old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane. This year's exhibition will take place from 24th - 27th September - so make a note in your diaries!

July 09

Treviso shortlisted in the Wood Awards: We're delighted that our Treviso range, designed by renowned furniture designer Matthew Hilton, has been shortlisted for the finals of the Wood Awards. The Wood Awards celebrate excellence in design using wood. The final results will be announced in October - fingers crossed! Our Treviso range comprises three signature pieces - the chair, shown here, and a stylish desk and sideboard. They will be available to purchase later this year.

June 2009

Edward becomes FTBA chairman ercol has long been a supporter of our industry charity, the Furniture Traders Benevolent Association, which provides help to those who have worked in the furniture trade and have fallen on hard times. As part of our support, our Chairman, Edward Tadros, has been a director of the FTBA since 1996. We are pleased to announce that at the charity's recent AGM, Edward was appointed to the role of Chairman, further deepening our involvement. www.ftba.co.uk

May 09

Team ercol Everyone gathered together in the cabinet shop in our Princes Risborough factory one morning recently for this group photograph. The combined faces of ercol represent a unique and very special group of dedicated furniture makers whose variety of skills and abilities have been honed over many years. Amongst these faces, with ages ranging from 18 to 66, there are 64 people who have been with ercol for more than 21 years. The total number of years of ercol service in the photograph is about 2,500. A real wealth of dedicated furniture making skills.

May 09

New ercol studio: we have teamed up with some of our premier retailers to produce the ercol Studios. At an ercol Studio you will find a good breadth of product, attractively laid out, in a distinctive setting. Our latest Studio has just opened at Aldiss of Norwich, so if you live in the Norwich area, why not pop into Aldiss to see the new display for yourself?

May 09

ercol at Milan: It's a hard life, but this April saw us jet off to Milan to take part in the Saloni Milano, Italy's chic furniture exhibition. Once again we teamed up with Designer's Block to showcase a broad range of our furniture, including our new Isola upholstery. Pictured are our Napoli sofa (foreground), Treviso chair and desk by Matthew Hilton, Originals and Isola.

Apr 09

New mantua pieces: Following the successful launch of mantua last Autumn we've been hard at it creating some great new pieces to add to the range, we are now manufacturing the first of these and they will be available to see in your local stockists from the start of May. Designed for the modern lifestyle, they include a compact pedestal dining table, with a distinctively elegant upholstered dining chair, a corner cabinet, a TV cabinet for today's widescreen TVs and a coffee table nest that incorporates two occasional tables. All pieces are available in a choice of six finishes.

Apr 09

Walnut butterfly chair: Our iconic butterfly chair is now available with a walnut seat and back, giving a dramatic contrast with the beech legs and underframe, and providing a contemporary look to this retro classic! Originally launched in 1958 in elm and beech, that version is available as part of our "Originals" range of classics which we launched a few years ago. We've been having a bit of fun with our Originals as well, and you can get the full range in a modern black finish, whilst our stacking chairs are available in a palette of colours, providing a striking artwork when stacked

Apr 09

ercol featured on Furniture News TV: In a recent interview, our Chairman, Edward Tadros, talks a bit about ercol, our products, the importance of design and our home in Princes Risborough. The film includes some great shots of the factory at work, including the back bow of an Evergreen chair being hand bent by two craftsmen.

Mar 09

Weekend event 7th-8th March: The weekend saw customers of some of our local retailers visiting our showroom as part of our weekend event. As well as seeing our full range of furniture in our modern showroom, they were given a tour of the factory and enjoyed demonstrations of steam bending and timber machining. Our showroom is open to the public Monday to Saturday and we will always be delighted to see you. If you would like to receive information on future events and other ercol news then please register with us

Mar 09

ercol at Liberty: Liberty has long been an iconic London store, renowned for its fashion and design, as well as for its landmark Tudor-style building. We are delighted that Liberty have chosen ercol Originals for their furniture department ercol Originals are a careful selection of some of our favourite pieces from our design catalogue, showcased with a modern twist at Liberty see our Butterfly Chair and Original Windsor Table in a cool black finish and our stacking chairs in their funky red, white, blue and green array.

Feb 2009

Red, white and blue (oh, and green): Add a splash of colour to your dining room or kitchen with our stacking chair, which is now available in red, white, blue and green, as well as in the previously available black and clear finishes. These chairs make an ideal occasional chair for when you have guests and need extra seating, and stack vertically to form a piece of art when not in use! Part of our Originals collection, the stacking chair was originally launched in 1957. We reintroduced it in 2004 in response to demand.

Feb 2009

ercol awarded Manufacturing Guild Mark: Every year the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, the furniture industrys guild company, awards the Manufacturing Guild Mark for Excellence in British Furniture Manufacturing. We are proud to have been awarded this prestigious award for 2008.

Jan 2009

New isola range launched to wide acclaim: designed for comfort as well as good looks, our new isola upholstery range proved very popular with retailers when we launched it at the recent trade fair at the NEC in January. Isola is available in your choice from our selection of over 100 fabrics (or you can even supply your own) and in a choice of six wood finishes. Isola is made in our Buckinghamshire factory, using a hard wood frame and fully sprung platform to give the comfort and performance youd expect from ercol. Isola will be hitting the stores in late April, but you can see it now at our factory showroom and be among the first to own it.

Jan 2009

ercol features in Designers Block: no, not something we suffer from much at ercol. Designers Block was a prestigious exhibition of current trendsetting furniture held at the NEC in January. We were delighted that our furniture was chosen to feature in their display. Here you can see our Originals in stunning black finish, along with contrasting clear finish presentations of our Windsor chair.

Jan 2009

ercol exhibits at NEC: Every January sees the great and the good of the furniture world descend on the NEC for the UKs biggest furniture trade show. As usual we had a strong presence, showcasing a range of new products, which proved popular with retailers. These products will be hitting the stores in late April, but you can see them now at our factory showroom.

Jan 2009

ercol buys new lorry fleet: as part of our ongoing investment programme we have just taken delivery of a new fleet of trucks. These are the biggest weve ever had at 18 tonnes we can carry more furniture per truck, cutting down on the number of journeys. They also meet the toughest emissions regulations (Euro V) and the requirements of the London Emission Zone. Pictured is one of our lorries at the body manufacturer near Chesterfield.

Jan 2009