Midlands Enterprise Awards 2018

22 SME NEWS / Midlands Enterprise Awards 2018 , UK Stage Solutions Company of the Year 2018 Stage Systems (Havelock International Ltd) MID18023 Stage Systems have been providing staging solutions and improving creative spaces for performances, presentations and events for more than 50 years. In conjunction with the firm’s recent success in our 2018 Midlands Enterprise Awards we invitedGeneralManager IanWatson to talk us through the company’s innovative solutions. called ‘Imagine’. The range was created by our parent company Havelock International Limited, it has been developed in consultation with schools and local authorities to create highly engineered modular furniture which is functional, flexible, and fun for its young users.” Within the education sector, quality is of the utmost importance, and as such Ian is keen to discuss how his firm works to ensure that clients receive the very best solutions possible which are built to last. “Each product is designed with longevity in mind, and as testimony to the level of quality Stage Systems provides, we offer long guarantees on all staging products ranging from 10 – 15 years. We have clients who are still using (and adding to) their equipment after 20 years or more. We offer staging solutions for all budgets, ranging from a few hundred pounds up to large scale project works. “Our design staff will work with clients to provide customised solutions based on their available space and budget. We can supply detailed drawings together with personal consultations and demonstrations as part of our services. Our best-selling Q-build portable staging has been purchased by over 45% Portable staging from Stage Systems creates semi-permanent performance platforms. Simple designs from kits, standard stock or bespoke solutions produce excellent results with flat, multi-height and tiering systems. The company began as a family run business and is now part of the large interior fit out company Havelock International Limited, based in Scotland. Ian offers us a unique insight into the firm’s service offering and how it works to support its esteemed clientele. “Here at Stage Systems, we pride ourselves on bringing spaces to life with creative designs in primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, conference centres, hotels and businesses as well as churches, halls and community centres – anywhere that needs a raised floor. Over the years our satisfied clients have included the Foreign Office (providing a stage for Her Majesty the Queen to view the Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph), Google, Barclays, KPMG, HM Tower of London, Firmdale Hotels, Harrods and Edinburgh University. “Alongside our staging solutions, we have a full range of educational furniture for early years and primary schools of Primary Schools in England and remains a market leading product due to its ease of use, requiring no tools to build and easy storage solution. We introduced educational furniture to our product range which has received excellent feedback from the education sector.” Alongside staging solutions, the firm provides a selection of innovations designed with the customer in mind. Ian explores these additional products and shares how they mark his firm out as the best possible option for clients, which is vital in such a competitive landscape. “As well as our range of staging and furniture solutions we offer the Q-link chair and Q-meeting office furniture, both of which can be stored on trolleys and designed to create a portable office environment, again, making the most of and transforming space. Another of our unique solutions is Pool-dek ® , a unique pool cover system designed to transform a pool area into an event space without the need to drain the pool. Based on the staging concept, Pool-dek ® has been supplied and installed in the Uk and internationally for over 20 years. Looking to the future, Ian is confident that his firm’s latest partnership will offer it many new opportunities to expand upon the success and reputation it has built over the past five decades. “Having been a family run organisation for many years, Stage Systems is now part of Havelock International Limited, and we are looking forward to collaborating with our new owners on both existing and future projects across all industries. “As part of our ongoing product development, we will soon be launching a new product called Swim-dek ® , which is designed to help people in learning to swim. Due to be launched later this year, the solution provides us with a great platform from which to launch our partnership with Havelock International Limited, and we look forward to a bright future together.”