Our Yorkshire roots
Magnet was founded by Tom Duxbury in 1918, as a joinery business in Bingley, Yorkshire. Tom named his business after his beloved horse, Magnet, and believed in a considered approach and a commitment to quality. This simple premise still drives Magnet today.
Tom believed in a considered approach, enabling him to offer better products and services to his customers. This simple premise still drives Magnet today.
We've come a long way from our humble Yorkshire roots, growing to be both leaders and pioneers in the industry as we paved the way for all the kitchen retailers in the UK.
To design kitchen products that are conductive to a more sustainable life in the kitchen by promoting sustainable consumption through innovative solutions and partnerships.
To promote sustainable resource utilisation through circular business models, renewable and reycled materials, by maintaining biodiversity and reducing waste, and facilitating future recyling through clean material flows.
To use a science-backed approach to reduce the climate impact of our own operations and in our value chain in line with the Paris Agreement, while working to enhance energy efficiency.
To deepen expertise on sustainability issues in our operations so that each and every person, based on their function, can become a stronger contributor to our shared goals; to be active in the supply chain to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
