YES Hire (Yorkshire Event Solutions)

YES Hire, event and catering equipment hire in Yorkshire

YES Hire (Yorkshire Event Solutions) is an event and catering equipment hire company based in Topcliffe, near Thirsk, with an office in Leeds. Founded in 2013 by current director Tom Lambert and his brother Harry, the company presents itself as one of the largest event hire suppliers in the north of England. In its early days, the founders personally handled deliveries, customer service and hand-washing tableware; since then the company has expanded its catalogue and operational structure.

Hire catalogue

The catalogue is organised into several product families:

• Catering equipment: kitchen machinery, catering accessories, bar and beverage equipment, and catering floor hire.
• Furniture: chairs (including seat pads), tables and table and chair sets, furniture accessories and high cocktail tables.
• Refrigeration: freezers, fridges and fridge/freezer trailers.
• Tableware: crockery, cutlery, glassware, table linen and tableware accessories.
• Structures and climate control: marquees, dance floors, stages and event heaters.

The site shows specific examples from the catalogue, such as high tables from £22.45 ex VAT, infrared food heaters from £30.00 ex VAT, 12 oz highball glasses from £0.25 ex VAT, limewash Chiavari chairs from £4.00 ex VAT, high-end 'Ironstone' plates from £0.95 ex VAT and 45 kW heaters from £260.00 ex VAT.

Hire service and logistics

The company states that its standard hires cover up to five days, compared with the industry-standard three days, which means, for example, that you can have delivery on a Thursday and collection on a Tuesday at no extra cost. The service includes furniture set-up and the set-up and testing of kitchen equipment, as well as the installation of dance floors and stages. Delivery is made to the event space, not to the door, and is carried out by trained staff with experience in rural deliveries. The company also offers a dirty return service: the customer returns used items in their boxes and YES Hire takes care of the washing.

Ordering and quote process

Orders are managed online: the customer adds products to the basket to build a quote or uses the quick quote option, which displays the entire catalogue by category and allows quantities to be entered and multiple products to be added at once. The company maintains an office team that handles enquiries Monday to Friday, with no artificial intelligence systems, according to its own presentation.

Geographic coverage

Based in Topcliffe with an office in Leeds, YES Hire distributes throughout Yorkshire and the north of England. Among the locations it mentions are York, Leeds, Harrogate, Selby, Hull, Scarborough, Skipton, Bradford, Wakefield, Sheffield, Middlesbrough, Durham, Thirsk, Northallerton and Ilkley, as well as rural areas, villages and fields in between. The company serves both individuals organising their first celebration and companies with several events every weekend.

Headquarters and premises

Local Head Office: Unit A, Alanbrooke Business Park, Topcliffe, Thirsk, YO7 3SE

Local Leeds Office: One Embankment Neville Street Leeds LS1 4DW