Bed company launches £2.5m Innovation Centre and showroom in Leeds

Bed maker Harrison Spinks has launched a £2.5m Innovation Centre at its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Leeds.

The centre features a state-of-the-art showroom for the firm’s Somnus and Hybed ranges and houses its management, development, marketing and sales teams.

Having taken two years to complete, the aim of the scheme is to create a focal point in the company’s sprawling Leeds operation – connecting the factory and warehouse with testing facilities, offices and new communal space.

Harrison Spinks MD Simon Spinks said: “Innovation is at the heart of our business so allowing our development and innovation teams to be under the same roof as the marketing and operations side of the business means we can work collaboratively more easily.

“The development of the Innovation Centre took place after hours of consultation with our staff on how we could improve our working environment.”

He continued: “The staff feedback about the new offices and communal spaces has been really positive and the whole team has been behind the change. We don’t just want to reinvent the bed, we want to reinvent the bed factory and much, much more.”

Interiors firm Blue Sky Design, based near Leeds, is the company behind the renovation.

Shona Taylor, designer at Blue Sky Design, commented: “To create the Innovation Centre the building has gone through a massive transformation.

“We’ve created a space that will help bring the Harrison Spinks team together to work more closely with each other and that really reflects the company’s brand story.”

She added: “We’ve kept some elements of the previous building, such as exposed ceilings, to stay true to the building’s origins and the showroom was designed to be a blank canvas where the products can really speak for themselves.”

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