Furniture and equipment hire for schools, universities and colleges across England and Wales.
Furniture and equipment hire for schools, universities and colleges across England and Wales.
Schools, universities, colleges and training centres use equipment hire for events that occur a few times a year at most. Open days, graduation ceremonies, end-of-year celebrations, exam hall setups and staff training days all require furniture and catering equipment that most institutions do not keep in permanent storage. Expo Hire supplies tables, chairs, linen and catering equipment to education venues across England and Wales. Stock and pricing are shown live — orders can be placed online 24 hours a day with no minimum order.
University and college open days bring large numbers of visitors onto campus for a single day. Venues need additional seating in reception areas, registration tables at entrance points and refreshment stations throughout the tour route. A typical open day setup might include 20 to 40 folding trestle tables, 50 to 100 stacking chairs, tablecloths for the registration and display areas, and hot water boilers and cups for a staffed refreshment point.
Graduation ceremonies combine a formal stage event with a reception for graduates and their families. The reception element calls for dressed tables for food and drink service, chairs for guests who cannot stand for extended periods and staffed catering points for tea, coffee and cold drinks. Tablecloths in white or the institution's colours give the reception a formal finish. Catering urns, cups, plates and cutlery from the catering equipment range cover the service side of the event.
Exam boards and awarding bodies sometimes require a specific desk and seating configuration that differs from a school or college's standard classroom layout. Hiring additional exam tables and chairs allows institutions to scale up a room layout for a one-off assessment without purchasing furniture that will sit in storage for the rest of the year.
Training days held off-site or in a repurposed school hall need a practical classroom setup. Folding tables arranged in rows or cabaret style, stacking chairs and a top table for the trainer are the core requirement. If catering is provided, additional tablecloths for buffet tables and a hot water boiler for tea and coffee complete the setup. All furniture is straightforward to move and set up on the day without specialist labour.
Education venues face a recurring tension between the cost of buying equipment for occasional events and the storage space required to keep it. Folding tables and stacking chairs take up floor space even when stored. Catering urns, boilers and cups require cleaning, maintenance and a dry storage location.
Hiring resolves this. Equipment arrives clean, tested and ready to use. It is collected after the event, cleaned and returned to stock. There is no maintenance burden, no capital outlay and no need to dedicate storage space to items used three or four times a year. The hire cost per event is typically lower than the annualised cost of owning and storing equivalent equipment.
Expo Hire has no minimum order, so institutions can hire exactly what they need for each event rather than over-ordering to justify a minimum spend threshold.
All stock levels are shown live on the website. Orders can be placed at any time, 24 hours a day. The standard hire period covers three days: delivery the day before your event and collection the day after. Expo Hire delivers to education venues across England and Wales.
For larger events, the Large Order Deposit Scheme lets you reserve stock with a 25% deposit well ahead of the event date. A Minor Damage Waiver is available to cover accidental damage during use.
