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Brace yourselves for sporting history to be made in Norfolk this week - as Floorbox CEO John Davy tackles the Run Norwich 10K race. You may wonder what makes this community running competition so special, why there’s any fanfare about a perfectly reasonable distance...

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We understand the plant hire business is all about providing great kit to your customers for a price that works for them and for you. Ultimately, you want to provide a service so good that they won’t go to your competition, and that means giving yourself a competitive edge. At Floorbox, we’ve got surface solutions that will help you deliver exceptional service – and enjoy increased profits, too.

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Want to sky-rocket your reputation and your ROI? Here’s how Floorbox can help you do it.

When you go to a concert, especially a massive open-air gig at a venue like Wembley Stadium, it’s easy to be so overwhelmed by the sheer spectacle of the event that you won’t stop to consider the logistics behind making it happen. 

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But the logistics, especially where significant load-bearing on a fragile and very expensive football pitch is concerned, can be a major problem. It’s crucial to get the sums right before you bring in a seventy-five+ ton crane to erect a monster five-hundred-ton stage on a million pounds worth of turf. Get the sums wrong and the results won’t only be disastrous, they’ll be astronomically expensive.

We spent three days at Silverstone as sponsors of Team Black Falcon on the GT3 Blancpain series. Like all teams, they wanted smart and robust flooring for pit garages and hospitality areas – but there was a hitch. Learn from a temporary overlay obstacle and make sure your team stays in pole position.

A must-read for all event planners – we chat to Alan Miller, Business Development Manager at Norfolk stately home Holkham Hall. He tells us how he uses temporary flooring to solve problems all over the estate, and why they plan to invest in even more track mats this year.

The work of humanitarian aid agencies saves countless lives all over the world every year. Often, it’s not the initial war, natural disaster or man-made catastrophe that claims the most casualties, but a desperate need of resources in its aftermath. That’s why...

If you are organising an outdoor event and need to mitigate potential weather issues, check out our temporary flooring systems. We provide marquee flooring, temporary pathways, trackway for vehicles and kit, temporary car park solutions and cable management products. These smart solutions will mean the wedding, party, corporate event or show can go on, no matter what Mother Nature is up to.

If you need a wooden dance floor to use at an event – such as weddings, graduation, family parties, charity balls – we have affordable, modular solutions. We connect events organisers and wedding planners with great products that will suit your budget and look amazing. Both economic vinyl dance floors, or a wood parquet deluxe version are available, and you can customise the colour to suit the wedding or event design.