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Katie has 20+ years experience in the furniture trade, starting in furniture retail management in the Yorkshire region and expanding skills to representing manufacturers to the trade. She then held a position for 5 years in a National UK Sales role with Yask manufacturing from Poland, which further developed on to include the US. From here Katie held tenure for 13 years with Stressless furniture handling the North East and Scotland including all independent retailers and the HSL multiple. She is now the Managing director of Vidato Interiors UK, a bespoke upholstery manufacturer in the Netherlands and also Director of Bluebird Agents and Consultancy handling a number of manufacturing agencies for the UK.