Membership Regional Activity

While our livery is based in the City of London, the trade we represent is spread across the UK, with large corporates, small and medium sized businesses and sole traders all dotted around the country.

We want to engage with everyone in the industry on a local level, and to help us do this, we have set up several regions – each with a committee – to help us organise regional networking, fundraising and social events, transporting the fellowship and camaraderie of the livery beyond the City.

The East of England region covers Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk, and the regional committee is chaired by liveryman Joanna Knight of the Knight Partnership.

The North East region is chaired by liveryman John Conroy of Novuna and includes Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham.

The North West region, chaired by freeman Phil Hopkins of Essential Soft Furnishings, includes Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire.

• The South West region, chaired by Past Master David Dewing, includes Cornwall, Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire and Somerset.

The Southern region, chaired by liveryman Lizzie Shaw of Celtheath, includes Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

• The Yorkshire region, chaired by liveryman Fara Butt of Shire Beds, includes East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. furnituremakers.org.uk/regional-association