The World of Hospitality Issue 16 2016 | Page 72

TURNING OUTDOOR SPACE INTO PROFITABLE SPACE LEISUREBENCH LIMITED How important is it for a pub to get its outdoor furniture right and why? The answer to that is, very important. It is critical to make a pub’s garden look attractive to potential customers to attract passing trade and that includes the outdoor furniture. It expands the available area for eating and drinking and turns outdoor areas into profitable areas. It also helps to bring in families with children, which will expand your clientele range. First of all, you need to determine what use the furniture is being put to and what your requirements are, to ensure that customers are comfortable whilst eating or drinking. The amount of space you have available outdoors to play with will also determine what type of furniture you should choose. If it is an eating area, then you probably need separate tables and chairs with arm rests and ideally parasol and base to shield from the hot weather, to give added comfort whilst customers are eating. For less formal use, our range of picnic tables and benches are the ideal solution. For a more comfortable relaxed situation try our new Oasis Rattan collection. This has been developed from our classic Rattan range, with up to the minute styling, commercial strength and longevity. It is also suitable for outdoor or indoor use. This season’s colour is shades of grey. For those wanting a splash of colour, we have introduced new Tolix Style chairs and new slimline table tops. Again the range is suitable for using outdoors or indoors. Made from electro-galvanised extra thick steel plate, the chairs are also stackable. Our range of outdoor shelters come in various styles and suitable, amongst other things, to be used as smoking shelters. The recycled range gives you maintenance free furniture and all these products can be mixed and matched along with a range of accessories such as parasols, jumbrellas, heaters and cushions. We carry large stocks from our 55,000 sq. ft. of warehousing space and a fast delivery is assured to anywhere in the UK. Our full range can be viewed on our website at www.leisurebench.co.uk Our dedicated sales team are here to advise you. Call us on 01949 862920 or email [email protected]