Fermoie, who design and print furnishing fabrics and accessories at their Marlborough studio and factory, has been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise 2024 in the International trade category. The accolade is recognised as a mark of excellence and high performance worldwide.
Jamie Shawcross, Commercial Director at Fermoie, said, “We’re thrilled and honoured to receive the King’s Award for Enterprise. We’ve worked incredibly hard to build our company and develop our export business, which has grown eightfold in just four years and now accounts for over half our annual turnover. There’s a real appetite among international customers, particularly in America but also across Europe and further afield, for beauty in design and print. We’re delighted that our hand-drawn artwork, distinctive colours and beautiful fabrics, all manufactured entirely in-house here in the UK, have found such a receptive audience right across the world.”
Fermoie received the Award after growing its export business by over 800% in just four years, through a strategy based on creating beauty in design and print alongside unparalleled customer service. Exports now account for over half the company’s total turnover. The U.S is its largest overseas market accounting for over 40% of overall global sales. The company also has partner showrooms across Europe, as well as Australia and New Zealand
Fermoie was established in 2010 by Farrow & Ball founders Tom Helme and Martin Ephson. It now employs over 50 people at its design studio, production facility and showroom in Marlborough and showroom and retail space in Pimlico Road, London, where cushions and lampshades are also available for purchase.
All cloth is exclusive to Fermoie and made to the company’s specification, in line with its founding environmental commitments. Pure linen is woven to the studio team’s specification from highly sustainable flax grown locally to the mill. Cottons, union cloths and linen sheers are produced in England – by the first UK cotton mill to receive Soil Association and Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) accreditation. Launched in 2024, its Indoor-Outdoor fabrics are woven in Lancashire, England from 100% recycled plastic bottles and are entirely free of PFCs, PFAS and other harmful ‘forever chemicals’.
Fermoie fabrics are available worldwide thorough selected retailer partners. All Fermoie products can be viewed and ordered online click here. Indoor fabric orders are shipped within seven working days and Indoor-Outdoor fabric is shipped within fourteen working days.
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