Hire event furniture and catering equipment for public sector events. Conferences, training, public consultations and outdoor events. Purchase orders accepted.
Public-sector buyers use Expo Hire for events, temporary catering, operational overflow and short-term projects. Councils, government departments, schools, universities, hospitals, care homes and armed forces sites all need commercial stock without tying capital up in permanent ownership.
<p>This hub brings those pages together. It gives procurement teams, estates teams and event organisers a direct route to the relevant sector page before they move into the product categories.</p>
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<h2>Public-sector pages in this section</h2>
<table>The pages above split the main buyer groups and the specialist use cases. That helps when the job has sector-specific rules around purchase orders, secure access, campus delivery or temporary kitchen continuity.
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<h2>Procurement, purchase orders and invoices</h2>
<p>Public-sector teams often need a clear price and an internal sign-off route before the order is placed. Expo Hire accepts purchase order numbers, issues VAT invoices and supports trade or credit accounts for repeat business where the account has been approved.</p>
<p>That matters for councils, schools, universities and NHS-linked sites where the buyer and the event organiser are not the same person. The order needs a clear paper trail as well as the right stock list.</p>
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<h2>What public-sector buyers hire</h2>
<p>The stock mix changes by organisation, but the broad patterns repeat. Councils need tables, chairs and barriers for consultations or elections. Hospitals and care homes need temporary kitchen and welfare support. Schools and universities need exam furniture, ceremony stock and event catering support.</p>
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<li><a href="/hire/furniture/chairs">Chairs</a>, <a href="/hire/furniture/tables">tables</a> and <a href="/hire/furniture/office">office furniture</a> for training, consultations and exams.</li>
<li><a href="/hire/catering-equipment">Catering equipment</a>, <a href="/hire/catering-equipment/fridges-and-freezers">refrigeration</a> and <a href="/hire/catering-equipment/beverage-equipment">beverage equipment</a> for welfare and catering continuity.</li>
<li><a href="/hire/outdoor/gazebo">Gazebos</a>, <a href="/hire/outdoor/heating">patio heaters</a> and barriers for public-facing outdoor events.</li>
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<h2>Planning issues that matter on public-sector jobs</h2>
<p>Access notes matter more on public-sector work because many sites have loading restrictions, named contacts, secure gates or timed delivery rules. Put those details on the order before checkout. That saves time on the day and helps the driver reach the right drop point at the first attempt.</p>
<p>Temporary kitchen and powered equipment jobs need the same checks as private-sector events. Confirm the power supply, the route to the room and the person responsible for gas connection before you book.</p>
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<h2>Why public-sector teams use hire</h2>
<p>Hire helps when the need is short term, seasonal or tied to a project date. A school may need exam furniture for one run of weeks. A council may need extra tables for an election and then not need them again. A hospital may need temporary catering equipment during a refit.</p>
<p>That makes hire a practical route for stock that would sit idle for most of the year if it were bought outright. Expo Hire then handles delivery, collection and the logistics around that short-term need.</p>
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<h2>How ordering works</h2>
<p>Standard hire runs for 3 days: delivery day, event day and collection day. Delivery starts from £40 ex-VAT and Expo Hire delivers across England and Wales from 11 depots. The service is dry hire only, so the site team places and uses the stock after delivery.</p>
<p>If you need help before checkout, call 0800 910 1100 from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. If you already know the buyer type, go straight into the relevant page above and then build the basket from there.</p>It covers councils, government departments, armed forces, schools, universities, hospitals, care homes and related specialist public-sector pages.
Yes. Expo Hire accepts purchase order references and issues VAT invoices. Trade and credit accounts are available for approved repeat customers.
Common hires include tables, chairs, exam furniture, temporary kitchen equipment, refrigeration, gazebos, barriers and welfare furniture.
Yes. Expo Hire delivers across England and Wales from 11 depots, with carriage starting from £40 ex-VAT.
