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MFI MFI, the furniture retailer, is to expand its commercial and marketing team with seven new staff over the next few months, in order to support its move into new product categories. 07-Jan-2008 MFI has confirmed plans to set up a 750,000 sq ft furniture distribution and call centre at the Nimbus Park development near Doncaster, with the creation of 250 jobs. 05-Jun-2007 MFI is considering plans to set up a 750,000 sq ft furniture distribution centre at Nimbus Park in Doncaster. 02-Apr-2007 MFI is planning to sell its 200 furniture stores to Merchant Equity Partners for a nominal sum, in order to focus on its Howden Joinery business. 18-Sep-2006 MFI is to close its Sofa Workshop factory in Llantrisant in August, with the loss of 323 jobs. 30-May-2006 MFI is to close 11 furniture showrooms, three delivery stores and two factories in North Lincolnshire and Teesside, with the loss of about 1,500 jobs, in order to focus on mid-market kitchen and bedroom sales. 01-Mar-2006 MFI has sold Hygena Cuisines, its French kitchen furniture retail business, to Nobia of Sweden for £92m. 15-Feb-2006 MFI, the furniture retailer, is to close or dispose of three non-core businesses, including Howden Millworks in the US, its retail joint venture in Taiwan and its Ethan Allen joint venture in the UK. 02-Dec-2005 MFI, the furniture retailer, is said to be considering plans to close at least 20 branches, relocate 70 of its largest stores and close some of its eight distribution centres. 10-Oct-2005 MFI is to end its Hygena kitchen furniture venture with Dixons, which will involve the closure of 130 concessions in Currys stores and the loss of up to 400 jobs. 13-May-2005 MFI, the furniture retailer, is to shed 80 head office jobs and reduce the number of store refurbishments. 03-Dec-2004 MFI is to recruit 60 temporary staff at its Hygena furniture factory in Stockton, while 115 temporary staff are being made permanent. 09-Jul-2004 MFI is to shed a further 22 jobs at its Hygena kitchens factory at Preston Farm in Stockton. 26-Mar-2004 MFI is planning to open up to 40 out-of-town furniture stores over the next year, taking its total number of outlets to 254. 24-Mar-2004 MFI Hygena is to shed 42 jobs at its furniture factory at the Skippingdale Retail Park in North Lincolnshire. 29-Sep-2003 MFI is planning to open 25 high street furniture stores, while a further 50 superstores will be revamped. 16-Jun-2003 MFI has acquired Sofa Workshop for £12m, and the Sofa Workshop products will be introduced into all 192 MFI furniture stores by the end of 2003. 05-Nov-2002 MFI, the furniture retailer, is to relocate its call centre and 165 staff from the Sunderland Enterprise Park to a new site in Wayfarer Road in July, with the creation of 60 jobs. 11-Apr-2002 MFI is to invest £4m in the expansion of its Hygena furniture factory in North Lincolnshire, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 06-Mar-2002 MFI is planning to open 45 out-of-town furniture stores this year, as well as 10 smaller high street stores. 01-Mar-2002 MFI is forming a £4m joint venture with Ethan Allen of the US to open five premium furniture stores in the UK, and there could be potential for up to 40 stores. 22-Oct-2001 MFI is to create 90 new jobs in a £2m investment at its Hygena furniture factory in Stockton, but up to 358 jobs will be lost at plants in Hull. 27-Jul-2001 MFI is to spend £65m refurbishing its 190 UK furniture stores and opening up to 60 new outlets over the next three years, and is also planning to open four stores in Taiwan this autumn. 27-Jul-2001 MFI is planning to open 20 high street furniture stores this year, rising to 50 a year by 2003. 20-Mar-2001 MFI is planning to open 50 new furniture stores over the next three years, and has announced a deal with Dixons to sell Hygena kitchens at 40 concessions in Currys stores. 28-Jul-2000 MFI, the furniture retailer, is planning to expand its new smaller high street format, following the success of a trial in Chiswick. 21-Mar-2000 MFI has sold its Hygena Packaging subsidiary to La Rochette of France for £37m. 16-Dec-1999 MFI, the furniture retailer, is looking to raise more than £100m by selling half of its out-of-town property assets, in order to fight off an anticipated hostile takeover. 28-Aug-1999 MFI, the furniture retailer, has set up a customer service centre at the Sunderland Enterprise Park, creating 120 jobs. 08-Jan-1999 MFI is planning to open a further six furniture home delivery centres by December, as part of a reorganisation of its UK retailing activities. 08-Oct-1998 B&Q and MFI are planning to swap their superstore sites in York and about 200 new jobs will be created in the redevelopment. 11-Sep-1998 MFI, the furniture retailer, is to create 120 jobs at a call centre in Sunderland Enterprise Park. 04-Sep-1998 MFI, the furniture retailer, has announced a restructuring plan that will cut 1,500 jobs and reduce the number of products it sells by almost 60% by returning to its core business of kitchens and bedrooms. 01-Jul-1998 MFI is said to be planning to make a number of management changes over the next few weeks in order to revitalise its furniture retailing business. 31-Mar-1998 MFI Furniture is reorganising its nationwide delivery network with the creation of 12 national home delivery centres, while it is also planning to focus on its core kitchen and bedroom products and cut out less profitable lines. 16-Dec-1997 MFI has decided to withdraw from Germany, where it has been supplying products to furniture stores for two years. 30-Jul-1997 MFI is planning to restructure its distribution operation and continue to convert stores to the Homeworks format this year. 02-Jul-1997 MFI, the furniture retailer, is considering plans to move into Spain and Portugal. 02-Jul-1996 MFI is to convert all its 185 furniture outlets to the Homeworks format over the next few years. 02-Mar-1996 MFI is expected to convert all its stores into the MFI Homeworks format, with 27 having been converted already. 14-Dec-1995 MFI is planning 14 Howden Joinery stores to sell kitchen and joinery products. 04-Oct-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008