G Plan

The success of G Plan led to E Gomme becoming one of the UK's largest furniture manufacturers, with profits increasing sixfold between 1952 and 1958 when it was floated as an IPO.

The company was founded in High Wycombe in 1898 by Ebeneezer Gomme,[1] at first making hand-made chairs, and building a factory at Leigh Street in 1909.

There were small centres in the country, and "The G Plan Gallery" in Vogue House, St George Street, Hanover Square in London.

In the early 1960s the government introduced restrictions on hire purchase (the most common method of purchasing furniture), and in response to competition from Danish furniture the company introduced a Danish Modern range (designed by Ib Kofod-Larsen), which made the rest of the range seem dated.

G Plan Upholstery Ltd, now based at a modern factory and offices near Melksham, Wiltshire, continues to manufacture most of its sofa and armchair products in the UK.