Trade association BFA and buying group Minerva have agreed a ‘strategic partnership’ designed to provide advantages for Minerva members who join the BFA while enhancing the BFA’s retailer membership category.
BFA retail members can access services including a legal helpline, targeted training courses, access to BFA webinars and networking events and direct representation with industry governing bodies.
‘We are delighted to be supporting this new initiative with the BFA for our members, supporting the BFA and the industry,’ says Julian Cox, Minerva Group coo.
‘We are very pleased to have established this new relationship and look forward to welcoming Minerva members into BFA retailer membership. We work with our retail members to utilise the benefits available through the BFA, and to promote the products made by British furniture manufacturers in the UK. Our mission is to be the voice of our industry, provide effective representation and offer services that support members’ business interests as part of a collective body promoting the industry. I am confident that Minerva Group members will recognise the value of BFA membership and look forward to discussing this directly with delegates at the Autumn Show, which we will be exhibiting at,’ says Phil Spademan, BFA md.
