With the recession hitting the majority of business sectors in the UK, there isn't much room for growth at the moment. However it may seem that ergonomic seating is going to be the next big thing for businesses - many are already reporting growth in the area.

This may come as no surprise for some, but I did start to have an incling when The Apprentice winner, Tom Pellerau, pitched a business plan targetting ergonomic seating and custom office seating solutions. Since then Alan Sugar has only gone on to get his grubby fingers all over Toms pre-existing business, the Stylefile. It seems that rather than pursuing the new ideas Tom had, they wanted to make sure all the money has been milked out of his successful business. Its a bit of a shame really, but what did you expect from a TV celebrity. Hopefully we will see something good from Tom yet!

Even though I have spoken to a few seating companies and they say that many people are asking for custom ergonomic chairs, especially management and executives. For the majority of these requests, they are having to contact a seating components company who specialise in ergonomic lumbar support, and they are going to create chairs suitable for each worker. Its an incredible job, and it really shows the excess people go to for proper office seating.
Its like the Ministry of Defence spending £3 million on chairs all over again!