2 Seat Couch Manufacture
When you're planning on starting a new venture for
2 seat sofa production then here are a few pointers to help you before you start.
Recruiting staff in England can cost a lot and you will have to pick a part of the country where the average wage is low, although minimum wage in England is an obstacle you can't get around.
Remember too that rents and council rates can be crippling in Great Britain and with tough competition, minimum profits and increasing costs of raw materials it can be difficult to stay afloat.
You may want to think about some other options:
Find an overseas supplier and become a reseller of their products in the UK
There are couch manufacturers all over the world, you will need to choose you product carefully and probably order at least a container full which will involve a significant investment, however you can then employ as few as one or two staff or even just run it yourself and you will only need a storage facility rather than a manufacturing facility.
look online and you'll discover of websites to source products from. make enquires with at least 10 manufacturers and check minimum order quantities. Also bear in mind that the UK fire regulations for sofas is very strict and imported products must comply with these.
However these days many suppliers already conform but it's worth making sure.
A second option if you're a furniture designer is to commission another company to produce products for you. It won't be very easy to find a manufacturer in the United Kingdom to make them at a price with room for enough, if any margin for you.
If this is the option you'd like to take an area of the world worth researching are the baltic states, particularly those that are now part of the EU. A good way to find production companies is to talk to a country's embassy, they're only too keen to encourage export and can put you in touch with manufacturers.
A third option is to explore the possibility of opening your own small factory in the baltics. Rents are roughly a third of UK rents and the average wage is significantly lower than the UK.
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