Our Manufacturing Guild Mark

Cementing their place as a brand that demonstrates exemplary standards, The Cornish Bed Company is the recipient of the coveted Manufacturing Guild Mark.

Cementing their place as a brand that demonstrates exemplary standards, The Cornish Bed Company is the recipient of the coveted Manufacturing Guild Mark, which is awarded to British Manufacturers who meet the Guild’s standards of excellence across all areas of the business. The Manufacturing Guild Mark is awarded by The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, to drive excellence and raise the profile of British design and innovation.

Sponsored by Biesse Group and Microvellum, the Manufacturing Guild Mark has been the mark of excellence, distinguishing Britain’s top furnishing manufacturers, since 1993.

The Manufacturing Guild Mark is one of distinction and provides
assurance to retailers, specifiers, distributors and customers that
the furnishings they purchase are made with the highest levels of
care and that the company they are liaising with has achieved
exemplary standards throughout its operations.

Garry Smith, Director of The Cornish Bed Company comments: “We're incredibly proud to have been nominated amongst all the other outstanding designers and makers. It’s an honour to receive this award that recognises the high standards of quality and attentiveness we as a business strive to meet in everything we do.”

A visit from the Chairman

Steve Bulmer, Manufacturing Guild Mark chairman, visited the Cornish Bed Company’s foundry in Par near St Austell on 20 September 2022 and presented Garry Smith, director at the company, and Barry Riddle, one of the business’s longest serving craftsmen, with the certificate of authentication.

Steve Bulmer, Manufacturing Guild Mark chairman, said: “I was delighted to have the opportunity to visit the Cornish Bed Company on behalf of The Furniture Makers’ Company to present them with the Manufacturing Guild Mark. It was great to see such passion and craftsmanship in the team. They are a small team but can all be very proud to have achieved the coveted Guild Mark, which celebrates the best of British Manufacturing in the furnishing industry. I wish Garry and the team the success they deserve in the future using the Manufacturing Guild Mark as a valuable tool to go from strength to strength.”