Manufactured in the UK

Race’s Stanway stacking chair is entirely manufactured in the UK using only the very best quality materials and standards of workmanship. Race’s technical Director Roy Leadbeater states:

"We have tried outsourcing to cheaper cost centres but found that it is only possible to maintain our own high standards of manufacture here in our own factory in Gloucestershire’ For example, the Stanway Stacking chair is manufactured from thicker gauge tube than most other stacking chairs ensuring that the chair will easily outlast its 5 year warranty period."

Fire

Race’s Stanway Stacking Chair with an upholstered seat and backrest complies with BS 5852 TO IGNITION SOURCE 5 for flammability. This is a legal requirement for seating in public places and one of the many reasons for specifying Race’s Stanway stacking chair for the mass seating environment. It is essential that chairs are checked for their accredited level flame retardency before specifying them for public venues.

Race Stacking Seating Specified for Conference Centre

Race Furniture have recently been awarded the contract to supply 1500 stacking chairs to the Manchester International Conference Centre (MICC).

The Stanway Stacking Chair, manufactured in the UK by Race Furniture has been selected for its strength, durability and comfort. 30 Stanway chairs can be stacked onto a trolley making it extremely popular choice for multi purpose mass seating venues. The new stacking chairs will used at the Conservative party conference in September to be held at the MICC.

Choosing the right stacking chair for your church seating

Church chairs are crucial to the comfort of your church congregation during a ceremony, wedding, christening or similar event. At these events people of all ages will attend, from infants to pensioners, so choosing the right the stacking chair for your church seating needs is vital.

Stacking chairs come in a variety of colours, sizes and styles. Choices include fabric type, metal or wooden arms and stacking chair design. It is important that you take into account the amount the chairs will be used and stored, the general decor of the surrounding environment and the budget you have for the project.

Quality of supplier

When selecting a supplier for you church stacking chairs make sure you check that they have a good track record in supplying churches and have experience in similar projects to your own. It is always good to have available testimonials from clients of the supplier - clearly demonstrating and validating the promises being made.

Guarantee

What better way could a manufacturer give you confidence in their stacking chairs than offering a guarantee. Products should be guaranteed against defects in material and workmanship for a period of at least 5 years.

Comfort and Style

You can never be so sure as to whether the stacking chair you are interested in is the right one without actually trialing it in your church. Request a few samples from the stacking chair manufacturer in various styles and colours, then select a small group of people, varying in age, to try the seating and give you feedback. Of course, after you receive the feedback, it’s always good to listen!

Accessories for church stacking chairs

Depending upon the use of these chairs, you may want to consider the options available to you. Should you buy stacking chairs with arms or without or even a mixture of both? If you looking to store your stacking chairs regularly, do you need a trolley chair making transportation of you church chairs a viable option.

Pricing

Apart from the material, colour frame type and style of your church chairs, the option to bulk purchase could provide you with an excellent discount on your final order. Why not enquire of other local churches - they maybe considering a refurbishment to their seating that you were not aware with. Placing a larger order can save you as much as 20% off your final invoice.

Making sure that you choose the right church chair is very important. Take time to select the right colour, style and material. Test the stacking chair out in your church and thoroughly investigate the manufacturer of that chair before placing an order. Remember - do they have a proven track record, offer a guarantee and are they able to supply testimonials from previous clients. If you need to know more about church stacking chairs, visit http://www.stacking-chairs-uk.com/

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Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre combined with Prestbury Conference seating and Stanway Stacking chairs make a winning team.

The annual Meetings and Incentive Travel magazine awards were held on Wednesday the 13th of February and proved to be in favour of the Scottish capital. Amongst the award winners were the Glasgow located Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre who picked up the “Best UK Conference Centre” accolade. SECC beat off contenders such as The ICC in Birmingham, Church House Conference Centre and London and Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

SECC offers a wide range of facilities and seating plans. From conferences and exhibitions to concerts, SECC regularly host big events. Due to the range of events and flexibility offered, the SECC has a variety of conference and event seating. One of their chosen favourites is the enormously comfortable, highly adaptable Prestbury seating. This beautifully designed conference chair is admirably hardwearing, with looks that last, complementing some of the world's premier conference venues.

Sir Norman Foster, Partners and Race Furniture designed the Prestbury conference seating is the product of years of innovative, forward-looking design and manufacture. It boasts a range of ergonomic and functional features, including lumbar cushion support, anti-panic foldaway writing tablet, removable seat cushions, end of row lighting and a facility for audio visual and data wiring. If required folding backrests can be specified that turn alternate rows into desks making the Prestbury conference seating a highly versatile seating system. Whether rows are straight or shallow curved, whether floors are flat or sloping, the Prestbury seating is easily adaptable.

Prestbury seating can be found around the country in auditoriums, universities and conference centres. For more information on where it has been installed and its benefits, please visit http://www.racefurniture.com/.

In addition Race have supplied some 1500 of their Stanway stacking chairs to the SECC for their break out conference rooms. The chair is favourite amongst conference facilitators providing comfort, durability and value for money. Details of the Stanway stacking chair can be found on Race’s tailor made stacking chair website http://www.stacking-chairs-uk.com/.

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Stacking Chairs

Stanway

Stanway chairs encompass the best of both worlds - seats that both stack up and link together. This makes them the premier choice for many uses. Understated elegance is the by-word of the Stanway chair. Its robust steel frame of oval tubing and steel rod perfectly complements the elegant, timeless design, which comes in a range of finishes including nylon and chrome. And, of course, the Stanway freestanding chair gives an exceptional level of comfort.

Fully upholstered, it is also available with thicker, more generous foam and a deeper back to provide extra comfort and postural support. The seats and backs are also available in a polished beech veneered laminate or can be made to a mix of laminate and upholstery as required.

Easily put out and put away, the Stanway is an extremely lightweight but very robust free-standing chair. It is a product engineered to last. The design allows both tight stacking and simple removal with a complementary mobile trolley that can store up to 30 chairs at a time. This also allows the whole stack to be transported effortlessly and speedily through a standard doorway. To enhance safety, the rubber-tyred swivel castors on the trolley are braked. The tubular steel trolley, which accompanies this highly versatile freestanding chair, is finished in black nylon and can accommodate both armed and armless chairs or a combination of the two.

Available in a variety of coloured plastic laminates, a removable writing tablet can be incorporated into the Stanway seating system. It attaches easily to the chair via a special plastic fitting and, when fixed is extremely rigid, making the Stanway free standing seating system ideal for use in educational environments such as lecture theatres, schools, colleges and universities.

Where required, special unobtrusive fittings can be specified which allow chairs to be firmly linked together. To further enhance row stability, row-linking bars are available to ensure constant row spacing.

Also available is a document holder, which locates between seats when they are linked. This unique feature enables the safe and tidy distribution of documents prior to any conference or lecture. The Stanway seating system is an ideal choice for educational environments of all shapes and sizes.

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Back pain and the benefits of proper seating

Back problems are a very common occurrence. Four in five adults experience back pain at some point in their lives with every individual needing specific treatment due to the backs complexities.

The back is made up of 24 bone blocks known as vertebrae. These are stacked on top of one another beginning on the pelvis all the way up to the skull. The vertebrae itself has what is known as disks between them acting as shock absorbers providing flexibility to the spine. The most common area that pain occurs in is the lumbar region, more commonly known as the lower back. This part of the back bears the weight of the upper part of the body.

The most common occurrences of back pain are due to stress and strain. Standing badly, lifting incorrectly, driving in a hunched position and slouching in chairs are prime triggers of back pain to the lumbar region. For many people, sitting in a chair for long periods of time is part of everyday life. Whether you are sat in auditorium seating, university seating such as the campus armchair, stackable chairs such as the Race Kencot Chair watching a school play or sitting in office furniture at work, stress to your lower back could be causing damage. Comfortable seating providing the correct support and a conscious effort to sit properly is essential if you are going to avoid back problems.

A student’s lifestyle is one that can trigger back problems later in life. Lecture theatre seating will see hours upon hours of students slouching in rowed chairs through their lectures. This means that muscles are slack and are unable to support the back properly leaving the back more vulnerable to damage from certain movements. Thankfully, general university and conference seating has vastly improved over the years. Educational seating now has the correct support in areas key to promoting good posture. Lecture seating includes the Kencot free standing chair. Both ergonomic and stylish, the Kencot seating system is extremely adaptable, and with its slender profile. Gone are the days of single old wooden seats that caused aches and pains. Now even stackable chairs such as the Stanway chair offer the correct educational seating position.

The correct seating posture and support are vital to avoid back pain in life. Especially for those who spend long periods of time sat down in one position. For more information regarding conference and educational seating visit http://www.stacking-chairs-uk.com/.