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What are the General Product Safety Regulations and how do they affect me?

The General Product Safety Regulations originally published in the UK in 1994 have been revised to reflect the changes introduced by the revised Directive published across the EU in 2004.
Leather types, characteristics and maintenance

Leather can be made from the skin of any animal. Most leather is grain leather finished by various methods to produce different effects. Leather furniture in a normal domestic environment should need little attention, cleaning should only be carried out when necessary.
Water damage to kitchen worktops

Most worktops are constructed from a wood based particleboard substrate (chipboard), typically 28mm or 38mm thickness, and surfaced with a 0.7mm thick decorative facing laminate. A backing laminate of similar type and thickness is sometimes added to ensure panel stability, as well as providing, in the case of kitchen worktops, a barrier against water ingress

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