ROMA Round Base Cafe Table with Square or Round MFC Top
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Selecting The Right Tables

Café, dining and meeting tables come in all shapes and sizes, with folding tables often the preferred choice. Selecting the right combination of these variables is critical in a successful project. Before even thinking about the numbers of people to be seated around tables, it’s best to start with the practicalities. For a multi-use space

high stacking lightweight chairs in blue, sb2m high density stacking chair
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How To Get Your Village Hall Chair Decision Right

When it comes to setting up a new community centre or village hall, or simply replacing existing seating, selecting a chair for a community centre or village hall can be very challenging. Chairs will not only serve as seating, but also play a significant role in creating a welcoming and comfortable environment. Any choice of

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Trolleys vs Dolleys – Which Option is Right for Us?

Alpha have been selling practical stacking chairs for many years and have innovated as the market has evolved. Where once stacking to 4 high was considered enough, it now doesn’t cater for many venues where stacking to 8, 10, 25 or even 60 is required! Folk are moving chairs more frequently than ever these days,

Stacking Chair
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High Stacking Chairs FAQs

More and more customers are turning to high stacking chairs as the solution for their multi-use space. They have all but replaced padded folding chairs as the go-to stackable chair when storage is tight. Alpha has a large range of high density stacking chairs. These offer varying levels of comfort, weights, options, and finishes. Alpha’s

church chairs, wooden church chairs, lightweight church chairs, stain resistant chairs, church cafe
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Which Fabric is Right For Me?

Which chair fabric to choose – how clever should we go? A commonly asked question among our customers, regardless of their venue type and sector. No wonder, when there seems to be so many options: Standard fabrics – usually 100% polyester, or often 30% wool tweed Treated fabrics – with added stain protection Vinyl or

Beccles Baptist Church Balcony Seating, auditorium seating, cinema seating
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Theatre Seating to Transform Your Balcony

Beccles Baptist Church had enjoyed Alpha’s lightweight stacking chairs, our aluminium AR2BW. They then turned their attentions to the balcony, which still had the original pews in situ. This was a challenging area with irregular steps, curves and planking. However with a site visit from Alpha Furniture and our theatre seating manufacturer, due measurements were

Stacking Chairs from Alpha Furniture
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Getting The Church Chair Right: FAQ’s and Frequently Neglected Questions !!

Most folk who end up being the ‘chair project manager’ find that the process proves more complicated than they had first imagined. Of course, even after accepting they will never please everyone, there are still multiple considerations along the way. While colour decisions should involve only a few people and any chair is a compromise

stacking church chairs, lightweight conference chairs
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Product Focus: Lightweight Aluminium Stacking Chairs

Our UK made lightweight stacking aluminium chairs remain strong sellers within the Alpha range. Choose from two back shapes and three widths, they come with various options, including arms, book pockets, linking and several frame colours. In today’s market, lightweight stacking chairs are proving ever more popular. It’s great to be able to support UK

Introducing: The New SBH Chair
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How To Avoid Chair Regret

The heart-breaking calls Alpha receive occasionally are ‘We bought new chairs only 10 years ago (not from you) and are starting again!’ There can be several reasons for the U-turn, such as: Bought chairs that were too cheap/falling apart/poor quality Chairs now the wrong colour/impractical finishes following an increase in different uses Bought non-stacking chairs,

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Stacking Armchairs – Practicality and Suitability

With our aging population and community spaces becoming better used, the need for lightweight, stacking armchairs is higher than ever. Alpha Furniture has a large range of lightweight chairs, lightweight stacking chairs, both wooden and metal and most are available with arms. The majority of these will still stack with arms as well. Good examples