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One of the highlights for us of the UK events calendar is always the Royal International Air Tattoo (often abbreviated to RIAT). This is the world's largest military air show, held annually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, in support of The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust. Typically attracting a total of 150,000-200,000 spectators over the course of the weekend, this is a stunning spectacle, with tickets always hotly in demand. Despite the British weather trying its best to disrupt the flight schedules, the organisers pulled out all the stops again…[ read more...]

There are very few more quintessentially British events than the Henley Royal Regatta, which took place recently. Established in 1839, this is an annual rowing event on the River Thames, by the town of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. The regatta lasts for six days, and attracts international crews to race head-to-head knock out competitions, raced over the course of 1 mile 550 yards. As with any prestigious such as this, the team at Event Hire UK are delighted to have been involved. Supplying a wide variety of outdoor furniture, modular cold…[ read more...]

The Lytham Festival, which took place recently, is an annual 5-day music festival held in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. It originally took place in 2009 and has a capacity of around 20,000. The line-up for 2023 included Jamiroquai, George Ezra, Sting, Lionel Richie and Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe, amongst others. What a great event to be involved in, therefore, for the Event Hire UK team, providing a wide range of lounge furniture and soft furnishings for the VIP pavilion, as well as office furniture for the organiser areas, and…[ read more...]

With the stock range and quantities of temporary event furniture that we have available here at Event Hire UK, it’s natural to assume that we mainly supply major events in the UK calendar. And you’d be right. However, did you know that we’re also happy to supply the public, as can be seen from this image sent to us by Peter Morton in Halifax in West Yorkshire who recently hired some picnic tables from the Event Hire Bradford team for his wedding party at home. We have no minimum order…[ read more...]

The Lexus Ilkley Trophy that took place recently is one of the highlights of the summer grass court season, with world-class tennis in both the ATP Challenger and ITF women's events. Naturally, therefore, the Event Hire UK team from our Bradford distribution centre is always delighted to be involved in such a prestigious event. The team supplied furniture including banqueting tables and chairs, tablecloths and napkins, and several mobile bars around the venue. Also, the team has been coordinating daily deliveries and collections of crockery, cutlery and glassware for the hospitality…[ read more...]

The team at Event Hire UK was delighted to be supplying the recent Duxford Summer Air Show in Cambridgeshire. Now home to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford was an airfield in the First World War and was an RAF fighter station and then an American fighter base in the second. It was the base of the first operational Spitfire squadron during WW2. Providing an array of different furniture rental for a variety of areas, pictured are our deluxe folding chairs which were used for outdoor seating. These are different to…[ read more...]