HJ Berry

Press Release

October 2008 - New Furniture Website Helps Customers to 

Buy ‘Green’ and British

 

Customers are being encouraged to buy British furniture with genuine ‘green’ credentials, with the launch 

of a new website from HJ Berry.

 

The company – one of Britain’s oldest established furniture makers, has developed www.hjberry.co.uk to 

allow customers to find out more about its extensive range.

 

HJ Berry has won a range of accolades for its sustainability, including the Green Apple awards and the 

North West regional finals of the National Business Awards.

 

Green initiatives at the company - based in the picturesque village of Chipping, in Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland 

- include the planting of woodland made up of 20,000 trees on the factory site, which will sustain the furniture 

making process for generations to come.

 

The company also provides low-cost housing in the village for 15 families working at, or retired from, HJ Berry.

 

John Woodruffe, managing director of HJ Berry, said: “The new website comes at a time when it is 

important for customers to buy British. By choosing furniture from us, people can buy well-made, 

well-priced furniture, which is made in Britain and genuinely supports the environment. Our business

 formula proves a business can do well in the modern world and stand out from the crowd because of its 

commitment to the planet and its people.”

                                                                                                       

HJ Berry started in business in 1840 and is believed to be the oldest chair manufacturer in the country. 

Other environmental innovations at the company include powering the plant with off cuts from wood used in the 

manufacturing process and sourcing materials from as close to its base as possible.

 

Their furniture is made using timber from carefully selected renewable sources – with the vast majority from Britain 

and only a small amount from trusted, sustainable forests in Europe. Tropical timber is never used.

 

All trees that are used are from forests that are grown in perpetuity. New trees are continually grown in their place – 

a cycle that provides the best habitat for wildlife.

 

Then, for every piece of furniture made, HJ Berry plants a tree in the British countryside, to sustain the broadleaf 

woodlands of oak, birch and ash, either in their own woodland, or through the donation of trees to groups such as 

woodland trusts.

 

Part of its factory is based within a mill once used by a pioneer of the Industrial Revolution, Sir Richard Arkwright. T

he site still retains a waterwheel which powered the plant up to the 20th Century. 

 

Based in Kirk Mills, Chipping, Preston, HJ Berry manufactures furniture for the commercial and residential sectors.

 

ww.hjberry.co.uk

 

Press release issued by Jane Shepherd of Shepherd PR Limited, 01538 308685/308099 mobile 07985 129315