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- Dan Beckles co-founded the online furniture shop, Furniturebox, with school friend Monty George in 2015. Handling everything from customer service to dispatch, the pair have developed the company to now employ a team of 30.
www.furniturebox.co.uk/blog/mere-grows-talent/
Co-founded in 2015 by Monty George (now MD) and Dan Beckles (now a director), both of whom were aged just 17, Furniturebox is one of the UK’s fastest-growing online stores, specialising in “luxury furniture styles at budget-friendly prices”.
Jul 26, 2024 · Salisbury school friends Monty George and Dan Beckles used a tech-savvy focus on customer service to create Furniturebox, a digital furniture retailer, that expects to turnover £27m this year. “I used to do a lot of eBay trading from around the age of 12,” says George.
Feb 15, 2023 · Furniturebox, founded by Monty George and Dan Beckles after they left school in Salisbury, said it was expecting global sales to grow from 5% to up to 50% of its total business over the next few years.
- Andrew Arthur
Nov 5, 2021 · Furniturebox UK was founded by friends and business partners Monty George and Dan Beckles at the age of just 17 whilst still completing their A Levels.
Jun 30, 2023 · Monty George, 26, and Daniel Beckles, 25, started the company after leaving Bishop Wordsworth’s grammar school in Salisbury in 2015. They began selling to the US last summer, then moved to an 88,000 sq ft purpose-built warehouse off the M4 at St Modwen Park, which was funded from retained profits.
- Jules Stenson
Feb 20, 2023 · Monty George and Dan Beckles, both aged 25, started Furniturebox after leaving Bishop Wordsworth’s Grammar School. They are now making annual profits of £2.4m which are being reinvested so they can rival Dunelm, Habitat and Ikea as one of the UK’s leading furniture brands.
Nov 13, 2023 · Monty: I started selling items online when I was 12 and my eyes were opened to the realisation that I had a virtually unlimited market at my fingertips. Here Glynn Davis catches up with Monty George and Dan Beckles, co-founders of the fast-growing Furniturebox retail business.
