November 2025

Most of this is taken (with permission) from our friends at Essential Supplies: Did you know: Under HSE guides and Electricity at Work Act you are responsible for the electrical safety of every electrical item your company owns. You must be able to prove that you have adequately tested all your portable electrical equipment whether […]

When starting a marquee hire business it’s worth having a chat with your local fire safety officer. In my experience they are very nice people and easy to talk to. Why talk to them? Well it’s always better to be prepared and to know what is expected of you. My personal recommendation is to have […]

It may not be something you want to get involved in, but customers will expect you to provide toilets if required. All loos are not the same! There are luxury trailer units. There are ‘bog standard’ plastic cubicles. There are units in between. Toilets are nothing to stress over, it’s just a lot easier if […]

When starting any business one of the most important factors is cash flow. Often you want to live on the bare minimum of wages just so all of the money can be re-invested back into marquees or equipment for quicker expansion and long term gain. Hopefully you’ll have seen some of the beautiful sales staff […]

This blog is intended to offer help and advice to those in the marquee hire industry or who are thinking or joining. From experience I can say that it is a very enjoyable professional that keeps you fit and has a large amount of job satisfaction Obviously the first question to ask is what marquees […]

Starting up any new business is a big step and can be quite daunting, marquee hire is no different. something we encourage is to do a lot of local research beforehand. Use all of the usual search methods (google, bing, yellow pages, local magazines) and see how much competition is out there. If your local […]

I meet a lot of people looking to start up a marquee hire business, it is one of the best parts of my job. A lot of people who come in to see me have never worked for themselves and see it as quite an aspirational position. Often the decision has been made to work […]

I find myself spending a lot of time looking at different marquee hire websites. It might be looking for people who would find the marquee forum useful or just keeping up with what’s going on in the industry. But the biggest thing that hits me on most of the websites is you can’t see what […]

During my marquee career having a website has gone from being a luxury to an accessory to a necessity. It’s how a lot of people get their business and it should represent the face of your company you wish to project. Here’s a few tips for your website, each one can be summed up by […]

You may write a blog, you may write articles, you may post photos in albums. Depending on exactly how you present this information chances are each one is dated in some way. ‘this article was written on…’, ‘Sarah & Tim’s wedding from ….’ feedback received on… etc etc This is great for your website, it […]