NEWS - Purvis Marquees

Castles, Historic Houses, Stately Homes as Venues

by Colin Gilchrist, Guest Writer | Mar 7, 2020

Whether you are the event manager of a Stately home, castle, historic building or country hotel or planing an event at one of these types of venues Purvis can and will support you. With a royal warrant and the experience of working at royal residencies from Buckingham...

Support Structures, Temporary and Modular Building

by Colin Gilchrist, Guest Writer | Feb 17, 2020

You maybe know that we have a division of Purvis Marquees dedicated to modular and efficient building design, both temporary and semi-permanent. Purvis Structures posted a short video clip showing the type of work they are commissioned to do:Purvis Structures...

Film and TV UK Festivals

by Colin Gilchrist, Guest Writer | Feb 3, 2020

Purvis have a great relationship working with various production companies supporting their location based activity. Most recently with Universal on the FF9 Fast & Furious franchise to way back with Mentorn, working on "Robot Wars" TV series. With that in mind, I...

Purvis Marquees Awarded Safe Contractor Status

by Colin Gilchrist, Guest Writer | Sep 24, 2019

Purvis Marquee Hire Ltd are proud to announce that we have been awarded our certificate of accreditation by Alcumus SafeContractor in the work categories of: Ability to Subcontract Events and Leisure Management Principal Contractor Temporary Structures In the industry...

Purvis Marquees at Hampton Court

by Colin Gilchrist, Guest Writer | Sep 13, 2019

The 2019 Concours of Elegance took place from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September at Hampton Court Palace. The Concours of Elegance began at Windsor Castle in 2012, before moving to St James’s Palace in 2013, Hampton Court Palace in 2014 at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in...

Reviewed on Google by our customers

by Colin Gilchrist, Guest Writer | Sep 4, 2019

As you may gather, you, our customers are very important to us and we do our utmost to give you a service that you are more than happy with. We deal in facts, accountability, responsibility, ensuring you are consulted and informed. This means that beyond working with...

Wedding at Rugby Club, Edinburgh

by Colin Gilchrist, Guest Writer | Aug 29, 2019

You want your wedding day to be perfect in every way. With experience of hundreds of wedding marquees, we understand the desire for it to be an amazing day. We aim to manage our part of your day professionally and efficiently so that you can enjoy your wedding....

Edinburgh Cocktail Week Sponsored By Purvis

by Colin Gilchrist, Guest Writer | Oct 15, 2018

As Edinburgh Cocktail Week launches tonight at the Cocktail Village in Festival Square we will be updating our social channels with film, photography and interviews. We are passionate about helping the events industry be the best that it can be, our sponsorship in...

Housing for Livestock

by James Clark, Senior Project Manager | Jun 27, 2016

Are you bursting at the seams to accommodate a new intake? As we well know cattle are substantially bigger than they were 40 years ago and both sheep and pigs have gone that way too (breed dependent). You maybe need temporary calving shelters / cattle nursery housing...

Purvis Marquees, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Silver Partner

by John Brown, General Manager | Jul 21, 2015

It is with great honour that Purvis Marquees became Silver Partners of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is the world’s leading achievement award for young people. They are a Charity and aim to create a world where young people can reach...