Event Linen Right The First Time, On The Date

As soon as the date and the table plan are settled — but late bookings are normal and usually workable. The constraint is rarely stock; it is the venue's loading window and, for large colour matches, the sash and cover availability.

• Peak Saturdays in summer go first, so a June wedding booked in January has more colour choice than one booked in May.
• A change of numbers is easy; a change of colour close to the date is not. Fixing the palette early is what protects the rest.
• We will tell you honestly if a date is tight rather than take the booking and hope.

The table plan, always. A headcount is not a linen list. Ninety guests on twelve rounds needs a different order from ninety on long tables, and the difference is only visible if someone reads the layout.

• Round or long changes the cloth size and the drop, and a drop two inches short shows in every photograph.
• Top tables, cake tables and registrar tables are usually different sizes from the rest and get missed on headcount orders.
• Overlays and runners are counted against the plan, not estimated as a percentage.
• Send the plan and we will build the list — you approve it rather than assemble it.

Yes, and we agree it with the venue rather than assuming one. Most venues have a loading window and a setup slot that are not the same as a supplier's default, and a delivery outside them sits on a pavement.

• We contact the venue directly if you would rather not — the access conversation is one we have every week.
• Collection is booked for after the event, at a time the venue accepts. Nobody is chasing linen at midnight.
• Marquees and dry-hire spaces work the same way, with the window agreed against your setup schedule instead.

Both — and there is a third option for venues.

• Linen rental: stock, pressing, delivery and collection are ours. You approve the list and it arrives finished.
• Your own goods: plenty of venues own their linen and only need it turned round properly between dates. Same finish, no rental.
• Venue partner: one agreed spec and one contact across every date in the diary, whether it is a June wedding or a November conference.
• Mixed is fine — own cloths, hired chair covers is a common arrangement.

Yes — we deliver across 1,034 areas of London and the Home Counties, up to roughly 100 miles from our plants, taking in around 6,200 hotels, event venues and attractions.

• Country venues and marquee sites are normal work, not an exception.
• Distance affects the delivery schedule, not the finish — a Surrey barn gets the same pressed linen as a Mayfair ballroom.
• Tell us the venue and we will confirm the window before you commit to anything.

Weddings, conferences, banquets, galas, private parties and celebrations of every size — from a christening lunch for thirty to a livery hall dinner for six hundred.

• Weddings are the largest share of what we dress: ceremony, breakfast and evening reception, including top, cake and registrar tables.
• Corporate — conferences, awards nights, AGMs and company dinners, where the same spec usually repeats across several dates in a year.
• Banquets and galas in hotel event suites and livery halls, where skirting, drapes and chair covers matter as much as the cloths.
• Private parties and celebrations — anniversaries, birthdays, christenings and wakes, at home, in a marquee or in a dry-hire space.
• Marquee and outdoor events work the same way, with the delivery window agreed against your setup schedule rather than a venue's loading bay.

Round cloths in 90", 108", 120" and 132", trestle sizes, napkins at 20"x20", runners at 14"x108", skirting to 14ft and drapes from 8ft to 12ft.

• Over 50 sash colours, with the full chart available on request rather than a short list on a page.
• Chair covers in spandex modern fit or a classic cut, in satin and other finishes.
• Napkins flat-packed or pre-folded to a requested style — pre-folding needs asking for, it is not automatic.
• Colour matching across cloths, napkins and sashes is set once and held for the date, so nothing arrives a shade off.

No — event linen is pressed and hung or rolled rather than folded flat. A crease at the fold line is the one fault that cannot be fixed on the morning, and there is no time to press 120 cloths before a ceremony.

• Chair covers travel on hangers for the same reason.
• Everything is checked against the table plan before it leaves the plant, not counted into a box.
• Anything that fails the check is replaced before dispatch rather than sent with an apology.

Numbers moving is expected and is easy to absorb; colour changes close to the date are the hard ones.

• Tell us as soon as you know rather than on the morning — an extra round table is straightforward with notice.
• We carry contingency on standard colours, so small increases rarely need a new order.
• A reduction does not become a penalty — you are not charged for tables that did not happen.