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Howden Joinery Group plc is the parent company for the Howdens Joinery business (Howdens), a supplier of kitchens and joinery products, which are sold to small builders. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ==History== Howdens was established in 1995, as a business unit within MFI Furniture Group plc (MFI). In October 2006, MFI sold its loss making MFI retail business to Merchant Equity Partners for £1, while retaining Howdens.〔(MFI sells store chain in £1 deal ) BBC News, 22 September 2006〕 At the same time, the name of MFI was changed to Galiform plc.〔 In November 2008, the MFI retail business entered administration, Galiform becoming liable for the costs associated with 46 MFI stores. An exceptional charge of £99.7m was incurred in 2008 to cover these costs. At this stage, Galiform was liable for the costs of over 80 properties previously used by MFI (the legacy properties). By December 2012, the legacy properties had been reduced by over 80%, mainly due to landlords agreeing to the early termination of the associated leases in return for a one-off payment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2011 Preliminary Results )〕 In September 2010, Galiform changed its name to Howden Joinery Group plc.〔(Sturdy trading at Howden ) Investors Chronicle, 4 March 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howdens Joinery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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