Harrison Spinks ranks 15 in Sunday Times Fast Track list

Family business Harrison Spinks has recently been place 15th in the Sunday Times International Fast Track 200, which ranks Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales, measured over their latest two years’ of available accounts. Overseas sales reached £3.3m in 2014.

Retailers of the Harrison, Somnus and Spink & Edgar bed brands include John Lewis and Feather & Black, as well as retailers in Europe and the US.  The company holds one of our prestigious Manufacturing Guild Mark Awards.

The company has been manufacturing luxury mattresses and beds since 1840 and through its components division, and has designed and invented specialist patented high density miniature pocket springs for alternative markets including upholstery, car seats, office furniture, footwear and baby mattresses.

Through investing strategically in people, research, design and development the company has been able to redefine how wire is sourced and utilised within the springs. Unique springs coupled with the development and sourcing of new filling materials has allowed the company to revolutionise sprung comfort with a variety of applications.

The company’s success was also recognised in 2013 by the award of two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, one for Innovation and the other for Sustainable Development. The Leeds-based company is believed to be the first UK bed manufacturer to have won two such awards in the same year. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are only awarded for the highest levels of excellence and are made annually by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

As Managing Director Simon Spinks says: “Not bad for our little family business!”

Many congratulations from The Furniture Makers’ Company.