A LOCAL company, Furniture.co.uk has been chosen to supply their products to the current series of Big Brother on Channel 5.

The company based in Ross-on-Wye is run by the Haynes family of Corse Lawn - Graham Haynes, his wife Shirley and son and daughter Luke and Evelyn.

Graham, who designs the beds, said: “The Big Brother order came completely incognito a couple of months ago. It was for 12 beds but we didn’t give that a thought as we supply hotels.

“It was when we saw that they had to be delivered to Elstree that the penny dropped and then of course when the series was screen we recognised our beds.

“The model they chose was our ‘Juliette’ line which is based on a French 18th Century style. Then they put them in the Rose Cottage to give an English country feel.

“It’s not the first time our beds have been on television as we have supplied Coronation Street in the past.”

“We have a showroom, a Enhanced Homes, in the High Street of Ross, but 99-per cent of our business is done online.

That’s our strength because it shortens our supply line, which cuts out all the middle men, allowing us to sell at a very competitive price.

“We even deliver locally and if we’re really busy I might drive the van myself.”

The company is based on the Wolf Business Park with a work force of about 40, many of whom live in the Forest of Dean.