South Yorkshire gazebo firm has home workers and businesses covered

A South Yorkshire gazebo specialist has had a raft of new orders from essential shops and businesses – and people stuck at home.
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Gala Tent has supplied vets, pharmacies, convenience stores, and some supermarkets to help ensure social distancing is maintained.

Beechwood Veterinary Hospital in Doncaster bought a gazebo to use as a makeshift consulting area for animals, which remain within sight of owners, rather than take them inside alone.

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Gala managing director Jason Mace said the coronavirus pandemic was playing havoc with global buying patterns, but they would not give up.

From left: Dawn Brearley, practice manager, Dr Mark Straw clinical director and Lisa Peckham RVN of Beechwood Veterinary Hospital, Doncaster.From left: Dawn Brearley, practice manager, Dr Mark Straw clinical director and Lisa Peckham RVN of Beechwood Veterinary Hospital, Doncaster.
From left: Dawn Brearley, practice manager, Dr Mark Straw clinical director and Lisa Peckham RVN of Beechwood Veterinary Hospital, Doncaster.

He added: "I don't think any company will come out of this crisis unscathed, but we must remain positive and provide a service where we can. Giving up is not an option, creativity is required.

"If the government does shut the door on business, I have already informed staff they will be paid in full until this pandemic is over.”

Gala has also experienced an increase in enquiries from home workers.

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Darren Perry, sales manager, said: “The applications the tents are being purchased for are quite varied, pork pie production, for example is one of my favourites, or a home judo centre.

“Others are digging out their old frames and giving them a new lease of life with fresh canopies. We're here to provide cover to anybody and anything.”

Founded in 1999, Gala Tent, of Farfield Park, Manvers, Wath-Upon-Dearne, Rotherham, sells more than 15,000 tents and marquees a year, along with 90,000 event accessories and furniture products in the UK.