1. On November 15-16, 2023, the national stand Furniture of Ukraine Business Expo will be showcased at the international exhibition London Build Expo 2023 in London with the support of the German government. The event will present samples of doors, windows, wall panels, custom-made furniture, and other items for project furnishing.
2. A total of 521,790 hryvnias, including a 100,000 hryvnia contribution from UAFM’s charitable fund, will be allocated to the needs of furniture-maker soldiers. This amount was raised during the “Furniture Maker’s Day 2023” event on November 10, 2023. UAFM’s charitable fund continues its efforts; join the fundraising campaign via the provided link.
3. Nowy Styl, a leading Ukrainian manufacturer of modern furniture solutions for offices and homes, congratulates our community on Furniture Maker’s Day! To mark the occasion, the company is offering an additional 10% discount on available products until November 14.

Choose and buy the best for your clients at festive prices!

• To view available items, select from the list of supply methods – Warehouse Kharkiv, Hryhorivske Shosse, 88.

** The discount does not apply to ongoing promotions and items marked NS-EXPRESS!

1. Scheduled tax audits will commence on December 1. However, sole proprietors in tax groups I and II will not be audited until the end of 2024. Companies with debtor balances exceeding creditor balances by more than two times or with annual income exceeding 10 million hryvnias should prepare for audits.
2. “Ukrzaliznytsia” plans to complete the project of relocating the border inspection point for trains on the border with Poland to the station Mostyska 2 by the end of the year. This move aims to reduce the inspection time for freight trains and expedite their transfer at the border.
3. The first 3D-printed residential building has appeared in Ukraine. Created using 3D construction technology on a special printer, this house was built on charitable principles for Natalia and her two daughters from Irpin, whose home was destroyed during the early stages of the Russian invasion. Donations are sought for the project, as plumbing and furniture are needed for the functional use of the printed houses.
4. As of November 7, provisions of the Customs Code allowing the clearance of goods without their direct presentation to customs authorities and entry into the terminal have been repealed. The cancellation of national customs simplifications aims to encourage Ukrainian businesses to expedite the acquisition of European-style customs simplifications.
5. A group of objects from a wood processing complex is up for auction in the city of Kamin-Kashyrskyi in Volyn. For a furniture company looking to expand production capacity, this could be a profitable acquisition, considering Volyn is one of the best regions for a wood processing enterprise in terms of raw material supply.
6. Due to the increasing popularity of studio apartments, the company “BLUM” offers furniture makers a new concept of the sliding door system REVEGO with fully integrated technology. Regardless of whether these doors are double or single, they completely hide in their narrow case, a so-called pocket.
7. Book of the week: In the business bestseller “Beyond Business 2.0,” Jim Collins and Bill Lazier explain how small startup businesses become large. “One of our main conclusions is that winners in competitive competitions demonstrate a lot of productive paranoia,” noted one of the authors.
8. Designer Patricia Urquiola has specially developed the upholstery fabric Sport for the Danish furniture brand “Kvadrat.” This novelty is the world’s first textile made from recycled polyester, specifically from plastic bottles and other packaging “caught” in the ocean. The author collaborated with a project team fighting ocean pollution off the coast of Thailand.
9. In her design practice, Kim Mupangilai, of African descent, reflects on the history and heritage of her ancestors through clever surrealistic objects. She uses natural materials such as wood, stone, raffia, and banana leaf fibres for furniture items in her debut collection, impressively featuring curves and smooth contours.
10. No matter how advanced furniture production technology becomes, manual labour in furniture making will remain. For example, British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby needed manual labour to create the Rivington collection of ceramic tables covered in multicoloured glaze and in various geometric forms.