Here’s to the new year.

Wishing you a successful 2017, we look forward to working with you again!

Well Dressed Tables was proud to be a supplier to The patron’s Lunch providing furniture. The Patron’s Lunch is the climax to a national weekend of celebrations, recognising Her Majesty The Queen’s patronage of over 600 charities and organisations on occasion of her 90th birthday. The Patron’s Lunch took place on Sunday 12th June 2016 and saw The Mall, London, transformed for its largest-ever street party with over 10,000 guests enjoying a hamper style lunch.

View the time lapse here.

www.thepatronslunch.com

Building on its successful, longstanding relationship with the PGA, Arena Group & Spaceworks Furniture Hire was again entrusted to match the headline sponsors’ prestigious reputation with a high quality finish of the event structures and seating at the Wentworth Club for the European Tour’s BMW PGA Championships, 26-29th May. 

Arena Structures project manager Mark Porter and his team installed 10,000sqm of varied event structures, suited to a range of uses from exhibition and retail outlets to the 2,100sqm hospitality double deck structure linked to the clearview™ grandstand on the 18th green. The crew worked alongside TRO agency to install a 1,125sqm BMW Driver’s Lounge, a luxurious Player’s Reception, and a Moet & Chandon Bar & Brasserie, all enhancing the spectator experience through the creation of state of the art temporary facilities with stunning interior designs. Additional structures around the grounds included a Welcome Pavilion, media centre, BMW village and Player crèches, toilets, merchandise shops and a giant scoreboard.

Arena Seating installed 3,432 tiered seats at four locations around the course, as Dave Withey, Arena UK & Europe sales and marketing director explains:

“Arena Seating’s ex-Olympic clearview™ seating system provided spectator comfort coupled with unrivalled views of the European Tour competition from every angle. The 2,652 capacity grandstand at the rear of the 18th green included 148 upholstered VIP seats, with a bridge connected to the hospitality double decker. Elsewhere around the Wentworth course, we installed 240 clearview™ seats and a viewing platform on the 14th green, 171 seats on the 16th green and a further 369 tiered seats on the 1st Tee.

“We worked closely with the organisers to ensure commentary boxes, player’s tunnels and viewing platforms were also constructed and finished to the highest standards and aligned with BMW’s brand aspirations.”

Spaceworks Furniture Hire provided nearly 5,000 pieces of furniture installed into 80 different locations across the Wentworth site. Spaceworks and Well Dressed Tables managing director Chris Piggott explains: “We work closely with organisers to ensure that our furniture works in harmony with the hospitality interior designs. It is testament to our team and the quality of delivery from Arena Group and Spaceworks that we return year on year to supply such an integral date in the golfing calendar.”

The BMW PGA Championships saw Britain’s Chris Wood scoop his third European Tour title, moving into the Official World Golf ranking’s top 25.

Arena Group was pivotal in supporting The Jockey Club’s transformation of the World-famous Aintree Racecourse for the 2016 Crabbie’s Grand National with temporary event seating and structures. David Mullins trained Rule the World won everyone’s hearts and the £1million prize money when The Grand National became the nine year olds first steeplechase victory.Carl Pastor, The Jockey Club’s operations director, states:

Spaceworks Furniture Hire and Well Dressed Tables has been awarded accreditation from Safecontractor for its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety.

Safecontractor is a leading third party accreditation scheme which recognises very high standards in health and safety management amongst UK contractors.

Employing over 60 people, Spaceworks and Well Dressed Tables is principally involved in the major events industry.  Specialising in the hospitality and major events industries, most recent clients have included major players such as The Admirable Crichton, Table Talk & Blue Strawberry, The Recipe, Lawn Tennis Association, IMG, British Racing Drivers Club, Epsom Downs Racecourse, Aintree.

The company’s application for Safecontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business.

Christopher Piggott, managing director said: “We’re proud to be recognised as one of the growing number of businesses in our industry that take health and safety very seriously. We take great measures to ensure all of the relevant procedures are adhered to in order to keep our staff safe.”

Safecontractor accreditation will enhance the company’s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal.

Safecontractor is applicable to most sectors although it is particularly relevant to food manufacture, property, facilities management, retail and leisure sectors, all of which are big users of contracted services.

John Kinge, technical director of Safecontractor said, “Major organisations simply cannot afford to run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies in place.”

“More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Spaceworks & Well Dressed Tables has done. The firm’s high standard has set an example which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector.

Safecontractor plays a vital role in supporting our clients in meeting their compliance needs, whilst working with their contractors as they progress through the accreditation process.”

Under the Safecontractor scheme, businesses undergo a vetting process which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice. Those companies meeting the high standard are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users only via a website.

Client-organisations who sign up to the scheme can access the database, enabling them to vet potential contractors before they even set foot on site. These clients agree that, as users of the scheme, they will engage only those who have received accreditation.

Over 210 major, nation-wide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment or electrical and mechanical work.

Happy new year to all of our customers. Our offices are back open again and we’re excited for a busy 2016.

Have you spotted our new trucks out on the roads yet?

Spaceworks & Well Dressed Tables continues to build on its long standing relationship with the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) having once again served the highest standard of corporate hospitality and audience facilities to the  annual Wimbledon Championships, 29^th June- 12^th July 2015.

This year, Arena Group provided the Championships with its bespoke event infrastructure, including seating, structures and interiors products that were installed across the prestigious club, which welcomes around 38,500 spectators each day.

Spaceworks provided furniture to the exclusive chalets and hospitality areas including a brand new range of outdoor rattan garden furniture used for the first time within the hospitality village, whilst Well Dressed Tables provided some more bespoke crockery and glassware for the Skyview Boxes.

Arena Structures provided all temporary hospitality chalets within the grounds and the superb Sportsworld facility located on the adjacent golf club. In addition, Arena constructed a number of public structures including:- the Baseline restaurant, Tea Lawn , retail outlets, media complex and fan zones.

Arena Seating was on hand to install custom green temporary seats across nine of the outside courts, which included 1,065 clearview™ seats on court 12, 2,392 tiered seats, the Centre Court staircase, commentary boxes and viewing platforms throughout the venue, as well as a temporary grandstand that gave unrivalled views on top of Murray Mound.

Christopher Piggott, Managing Director at Spaceworks & Well Dressed Tables, commented: “The Wimbledon Championships is a hugely exciting event to work on as the AELTC are constantly looking to evolve the experience they offer. Within the hospitality area, most chalet holders have their own requirements regarding the look of their venue and how they want it designed for their guests. This means we have to work extremely closely with the individual chalet holders and the AELTC, to ensure we allow for the high standards of both.”

Arena Group supported the PGA in creating incredible spectator experiences by delivering temporary structures with stunning interior design, grandstand seating with great views and event structures for the PGA BMW Championship at golf’s prestigious Wentworth Club, May 21^st – 24^th, 2015.

Grahame Muir, CEO of Arena Group UK and Europe comments: “This year the PGA BMW Championships introduced innovations centred around giving players and visitors a memorable experience through creating the highest standard of facilities. We enjoy an ongoing relationship with the team at the PGA, sharing their vision to create temporary facilities of the highest standard.

“We also contributed to the PGA European Tour Green Drive alongside Green Element to achieve the highest levels of sustainability ever at this event.”

Within the 7,000 sqm of event structures was a bespoke 2,600 sq metre BMW Drivers’ Lounge, produced for the first time by Arena as part of a new four year contract with TRO agency. Exclusively available for BMW drivers the two storey facility featured a slate walled garden and a glass fronted atrium, with interior design and finish befitting the ‘exclusive’ ambience TRO specify in line with BMW’s brand aspirations.

Additional structures included the newly appointed prestigious double decker hospitality structure, linked by a bespoke bridge to the clearview™ grandstand wrapped around the 18^th green, a Moet & Chandon Bar & Brasserie and a selection of exhibition structures and officials offices within the public village, including a giant scoreboard. Elsewhere the Welcome Pavilion, double decker Players Lounge, Media Centre and Sky Lounge on the 14^th hole were notable features among the multiple facilities installed around the course under the project management of Arena Structures’ Mark Shelley.

All of the course grandstands were Arena Seating’s clearview™ system, offering comfort and unparalleled views of the course, with Dave Withey, Arena UK & Europe sales and marketing director, managing their design and installation, he states: “The tiered seating around the 18^th green was capacity grandstand installed at the BMW Championships, with 2,222 clearview™ seats and 228 clearview™ padded seats for VIP’s. We were attentive to the level of finish with carpeting and branded step risers, which along with the BMW themed wrap created a stunning vista surrounding the 18^th green.

“Elsewhere on the course we installed tiered clearview™ systems on the first tee (288 capacity), along with the 14^th green / 15^th tee and 7^th green (both 171 capacity).”

Spaceworks Furniture Hire also invested in new ranges to complement the unique interior designs on the 18^th hole hospitality. Sales and marketing director Kelly Baker says: “We introduced several new ranges to assist the client achieving the interior finish they desired. Our new grey Atlanta modular sofa’s allowed us to be flexible with the configuration, along with a new range of blue and white Limes chairs, and the Web chair and stools. We bespoke made our Aurora stools in a bespoke ‘BMW blue’ seat and manufactured some tables with BMW coloured blue tops.”

Well Dressed Tables is delighted to announce our accreditation with the Contractors Health and Safety (CHAS) Assessment Scheme.

We have demonstrated compliance with, sound management of basic Health & Safety legislation within the Well Dressed Tables and Spaceworks offices.

For more information about CHAS, visit www.chas.co.uk