Getting stuck on site
The most common cause of customers falling out with a supplier is getting stuck on site and ruining their grass. I’m hearing lots of stories along these lines with the recent poor weather so it’s not...
View ArticleThe Showmans Show 2012
The Showmans Show is on 17th & 18th October this year at the Newbury Showground. I may have mentioned it once or twice, I certainly will have mentioned it if you’ve been in to see us talking about...
View Article2012 Showmans Show – review
Thank you to everyone who visited us at the show. I think this is the bit where I’m supposed to say the show was FANTASTIC and as usual our stand was THE BUSIEST AROUND and how it shows we’re the BEST...
View ArticleThe Showmans’s Show 2013
The Showmans Show is again at Newbury and will be held on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th October. For those of you unaware The Showman’s Show is the one show aimed at marquee hire companies. Any...
View ArticleThe Showmans Show 2013 and new ranges
The showmans show is next month (23rd & 24th October) at The Newbury Showground. We are on stand E277 -as usual come out of the main entrance marquee, turn right then left and we’re on the right....
View ArticleHow to erect a marquee on hard standing
The easiest way to erect a marquee is on grass using a tie down kit to hold it in place but sometimes a marquee has to go up on hard surfaces. With our DIY Marquees (and indeed most quality marquees)...
View ArticleShowmans Show and cheap marquee for sale
This week we are at The Showmans Show in Newbury – it is open on Wednesday (23rd) and Thursday (24th). We went down yesterday to set up and despite everyone down there getting soaked to the skin it...
View ArticleThe Showmans Show conclusions
Thank you to everyone who visited us at The Showmans Show last week. For those that didn’t make it we displayed one of our new pop-up marquees including linings, we also had a new pagoda style marquee...
View ArticleThe Showmans Show 2014
The showmans show is on again in a few weeks time, for those who haven’t heard of it it is the one show aimed at the outdoor event sector. In recent times it has become (whether by design or simply by...
View ArticleNew range of Pagoda peaked roof marquees for sale
Considering we first exhibited them at The Showmans Show 2013 and a lot of work had gone in prior to that we are very excited at finally being able to offer our new pagoda style peaked roof marquees....
View ArticleWalkways, connecting to a house and the showmans show 2015
The marquee hire business I built up got to a sufficient size that I could not be on site for every job. We would be running several teams of erectors with me and another site foreman running between...
View ArticleShowmans Show 2015 – review
Thank you to everyone who came and visited our stand at The Showmans Show 2015. I grew up on stands at various outdoor shows and as I’ve said previously The Showmans Show is so much better organised...
View ArticleThe Showmans Show 2016
It’s nearly The Showmans Show time again where we grab the slowest moving members of our staff and decamp down to the Newbury Showground for a few days. We will be in our usual spot halfway down...
View ArticleThe marquees we will be exhibiting at The Showmans Show 2016
At this years showmans show we will have on our stand: A 4x8m Commercial peaked roof marquee. The peaks add an attractive touch to what is one of the most durable and flexible 4m wide marquees in the...
View ArticleThe Showmans Show 2016 review
Thank you to everyone who visited the DIY Marquee stand at the show, it was a fun couple of days chatting to customers new and old. Our new Commercial Demi Marquee seemed to prove very popular whilst...
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