Howden Joinery Group plc (LSE: HWDN) is a leading United Kingdom-based kitchen cabinet business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

The Company was founded by Noel Lister and Donald Searle in London in 1964 as Mullard Furniture Industries ('MFI'). Mullard was Searle's wife's maiden name. For a short time in the 1980s the Company was part of the Asda Group.

In September 2006 the loss making MFI Retail arm was sold to Merchant Equity Partners for £1, while the Company retained Howdens Joinery builders merchants. In October 2006 the Company changed its name to Galiform.

In December 2008 the Company reported that it was uncertain as to what liabilities might revert to it as a result of MFI Retail going into administration although it disclosed that had previously entered into guarantees for the rents of 46 MFI stores.

In September 2010, the Company changed its name to Howden Joinery Group.

The Company trades as Howdens Joinery. Howdens have circa 500 depots in the UK and also trade from several depots around the Paris area in France under the name of Houdan Menuiseries S.A.

Coordinates: 53°44′39″N 0°51′48″W / 53.744111°N 0.863416°W / 53.744111; -0.863416

Howden is a small market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the M62, on the A614 road about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Goole and 17 miles (27 km) south-west of York. William the Conqueror gave the town to the Bishops of Durham in 1080. The wapentake of Howdenshire was named after the town, the Bishops of Durham also owning the wapentake.

Howden is situated on the A614, although the town itself has been bypassed. Howden lies close to the M62 and the M18 motorways, nearby to Goole which lies at the opposite side of the River Ouse. The town is served by Howden railway station, which is situated in North Howden and has services to Leeds, Selby and Kingston upon Hull.

Howden is surrounded by largely flat land and in some places marshland. Much of the land surrounding Howden is separated by many drainage dykes.

One of the earliest recorded parts of Howden's history is King Edgar of England giving his first wife, Ethelfleda, Howden Manor in 959 AD, the beginnings of a long connection with the royal court of England.