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Furniture delivery firm not worried by Stag's fall
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BOSSES OF FURNITURE transport specialist Harker's say that the collapse of one of the UK's biggest furniture manufacturers will have a negligible impact on the firm's business.
Stag Furniture called in the administrators two weeks ago, threatening more than 500 jobs.
Alan Hoggin, general manager of Harker's, says it moved next door to the manufacturer four years ago because it was then its biggest supplier of transport.
But he adds: "We haven't worked for them for at least a year. apart from bits and bobs.'" Hoggin explains that declining sales at Stag (formerly called Silentnight) had the biggest impact onllarker's between 2003 and 2004, forcing it to move into other areas of furniture delivery.
"When Stag started to die off we had to deplete our fleet drama tically to a size where we could consolidate then go forward.
"We aren't out of the woods yet. We're hoping to make a profit next year for the first time since 2004.
Harker's runs 40 vehicles and mainly delivers imports.