News

We have some fantastic news to share with you this month.   Our family business, which we started together over 18 years ago back in 2005 has been named “Small Family Business of the Year 2023” The prestigious Family Business of the Year Awards were held in June at the Royal College of Physicians at […]

In 2023 at Make An Entrance we are supporting one of our favourite local charities. The Acts Trust is a Christian charity in Lincoln that empowers people to end poverty. The Act’s Trust programmes across Lincoln include: We may only be a Matting Manufacturer but this matters, and Lincoln is our home so we want to help in any […]

Make An Entrance is delighted to announce that its Managing Director has been shortlisted by the Institute of Directors as a finalist in their Director of the Year Awards for England 2023. Stuart Burlton co-founded Make An Entrance Limited in 2005, with his wife Samantha Burlton and the couple still run the business together 18 […]

The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 is Embracing Equity. Our team at Make An Entrance has been reflecting on what that means to them.  We are a UK manufacturer of custom made entrance matting and we are very proud that unusually for a manufacturing business over 70% of our UK team are women.  Critical […]

Although we have run a Black Friday offer for years, for 2022 we are doing something a little different. As a family-run small business, proud to produce as many of our products as possible here in the UK, Black Friday is very hard for us. We do not have the same profit margins as big […]

Winner! We’re thrilled to announce that Stuart Burlton our MD has been named #King of Doormats by The Royal Connection Awards run by Aqua Design Group on Twitter. Thanks so much for the accolade, the team at Make An Entrance all think Stu is an awesome boss, but it’s wonderful to have this external recognition […]

NEW Personalised Mat for Christmas 2021 Make An Entrance is delighted to launch its Laser Engraved Personalised Doormat range; UK made unique Christmas gifts for 2021. As UK doormat experts, the team at Make An Entrance have been selling doormats of all types for many years. We specialize in custom made and bespoke items, always with […]

Our National Three Peaks Challenge For Prostate Cancer UK At Make An Entrance Prostate Cancer UK is a charity close to our hearts. As a result we wanted to do something challenging to raise money for this great cause! On the 18th and 19th September we took on the National Three Peaks Challenge. Some Background […]

As the appetite to shop locally and support local businesses grows, we’re taking part in the first-ever Made in UK Day on Tuesday 9 March 2021. Make it British has created the Made in UK Day campaign to celebrate their 10 year anniversary. What is Make It British? Ex-retail buyer Kate Hills started the Make […]

“So, are all mats made in the UK?” This is one of the most frequently asked questions of all. As you know, most of our doormats are made from Coir Fibre, which is a by-product of coconut production. The fibrous outer husk around the outside of what we recognize as the rough brown coconut shell […]