COIR MATTING SALE (click here for details) NOW ON UNTIL STOCKS EXHAUSTED!!
We will be supplying the marquees for the Craft & Design Fair at The RHS Garden Wisley from 15th to 18th April. Entry is free for RHS members.
FEBRUARY 11th 2010 early morning snow dust, but dry!
Computer upgrades complete now, bar some trivial glitches. Just need to finish upgrading ourselves to work with them!
Our 13 year old Renault Master has also been upgraded. She was about to be banned from shopping in Knightsbridge as the next phase of the London low pollution regulations come into force; we have taken advantage of the government scrappage scheme to say good bye to her. Our thanks to a very efficient service from SMC Renault who have supplied her replacement as well as negotiating the scrappage scheme paperwork for us.
We also lost our old 7.5 Tonne truck to the first wave of the same London low pollution regulations in 2008. Add to this the old marquee heater oil storage tank that went (after careful decontamination) to the final phase of the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001.
We now have a brand new bunded oil storage tank (will not pollute anything, especially in a power cut as oil has to be pumped out!) No doubt both scrapped vehicles and the old tank will meet again in some land fill site. (After being stripped of anything recycleable we hope.)
20th JANUARY 2010 Rain, sleet & snow today but none settled.
Our long awaited computer & software upgrade began yesterday. Stage one is now complete; stock control, quotation, accounting & communications are all operational.
Thanks are due to TSS who supply our All Hire software for a swift response to various bugs.
The only glitch customers are likely to notice (we hope) is in the production of marquee plans. Delays can be expected while we train ourselves to use the planning software. (Old dog new tricks!)
9th JANUARY 2010 8 inches of snow outside and yet everyone in work on time!
News Flash! The Claremont Marquees 2009 photo prize was awarded today. Most of the submissions were wedding marquee photos; the rest were party marquees.The standard of entries was fantastic! Any one of these photos could have been a worthy winner and there was much debate over the final result. However this was the one that got most votes overall, and which we agreed had all the elements we were looking for.
The winning entrant has been notified and will shortly receive a case of champagne. Click here for the winning photo and a selection of other entries.
Our thanks to everyone who entered photos. It really is a privilege for us to see how wonderful you make our marquees look. It is also a great help to us and future clients when trying to decide on the best look for an event.
Little else happens in January so we are concentrating on cleaning (click here for photo), maintenance and PAT testing electrical equipment for the rest of the month. Also will try to move into 2010 by starting a blog. If all works OK try clicking here to find it.