Perfect for serving cakes and finger food at your event, our large afternoon tea stands for hire offer a stylish way to present your afternoon tea.
Afternoon tea has become an increasingly popular event choice in recent years, especially at top hotels, where it’s used to attract guests. Typically, afternoon tea includes a selection of sweet and savoury items, beautifully presented with tea. Our afternoon tea stands are designed to showcase these delicacies in an elegant, traditional manner.
Each stand holds three plates, perfect for displaying cakes, petit fours, and savoury snacks. While we provide plain white plates with the stands, they are compatible with any plates measuring between 215 and 270mm in diameter.
Cleaning tableware and serveware hire after a big function is not only a boring job but is also the time when it's most likely to get lost.
It’s the main reason why we have made it compulsory for all tableware and serviceware items to have the send it back dirty option added at checkout. All a customer needs to do is to ensure that all food debris is scraped off tableware before it’s repacked ready for collection.
Working out delivery costs is easy with Expo Hire; simply use our carriage calculator to find which of our branches is near to you. Tap your postcode in and it will confirm not only whether we cover that postcode or not, but also which of our 11 branches is closest to you and the cost for delivery from that branch, as well as the list of possible extra charges.
Once you have filled your basket and confirmed your delivery dates and postcode in the checkout, we will show you an itemised cost for delivery so you know exactly what you’re paying for before you place your order.
Want to know when your delivery is coming? You can track your driver using our real time maps on the day of delivery and collection. Simply enter your postcode and order number into our order tracking page and find out when our driver will be with you. You can also use the link we send you by automated text.
| Width | 295 mm |
|---|---|
| Height | 490 mm |
| Length | 290 mm |
| Weight | 3 kg |
| Tiers | 3 |
| Max Plate size | 10.5" |
| Supplied with White Plates | Yes |
This item is subject to 20% VAT and therefore you will pay £6.00 each for a standard 3 day hire at checkout.
As primarily a business-to-business supplier we advertise our prices ex-VAT as most businesses will be able to reclaim the VAT amount.
No. We recommend a minimum hire period of 3 days to provide enough time for set-up and break-down of your event, and to make sure that problems such as traffic or adverse weather conditions do not impact on your event. If you want to hire for a shorter period than this then we cannot offer a discount.
Yes, after the standard hire perion of 3 Days you will be charged £1.00 per extra day up to day 7, £0.75 per extra day up to day 28 and £0.50 per extra day after that.
| Days Hire | Cost (ex-VAT) |
|---|---|
| 1 | £5.00 |
| 2 | £5.00 |
| 3 | £5.00 |
| 5 | £7.00 |
| 7 | £9.00 |
| 14 | £14.25 |
| 21 | £19.50 |
| 35 | £28.25 |
Nothing! Unlike most of our competitors, rather than charging a large deposit, we provide a FREE 'minor deposit waiver' scheme to cover minor damage and loss. Excessive or negligent damage and loss will be invoiced at 10 times the standard hire price of the relevant items. Please read our terms and conditions for full details.
There is a minimum charge of £30.00 for a distance up to 10 miles each way.
After that we charge £1.00 per mile each way and an additional £30.00 for each journey on a weekend or bank holiday.
We calculate the distance using driving directions from our local base to your event postcode, so it is important that you provide the correct delivery address at checkout.
You can use our Carriage Calculator to get a full quote.
We make deliveries anytime between 8am and 8pm, however we can offer early (8am - 1pm) or late (12 noon - 6pm) slots for an additional cost calculated at checkout.
We can not guarantee more specific times unless you pay for a dedicated driver. This is individually priced on request and are subject to availability.
No. To ensure that your products arrive safely and correctly we offer a delivery and collection service only.
No. As we are an online-only you can view all of our products on our website. To keep our prices as low as posssible our warehouses are not open to the public.
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The best way of contacting us is by using our live chat facility but if you are looking for our phone number or email addresses you can find everything you need on our contact us page
Unless the two person carriage charge has been paid for, deliveries and collections are made by a single driver, who has 15 minutes to deliver or collect your order.
Our drivers are not allowed to take items up or down stairs or into lifts, and all deliveries need to be made within 50m of the vehicle. If it takes the driver longer then you will be charged £12.50 per additional 15 minutes. If a driver arrives and delivery or collection is impossible then unfortunately an additional carriage charge will be added to your order.
If there are likely to be issues with regards to location, staff onsite or the size of the order, then it's imperative you advise us BEFORE you place your order. Please note that our vans cannot go off-road onto grass or dirt areas, particularly when it has been wet due to the chances of the vehicle getting stuck.
As our drivers are multiple drop drivers, any issues with your delivery or collection of your order could result in issues for other customers. We ask that you are mindful of this when we are delivering or collecting your order.
