Pallets in Southsea

The customer base here is hospitality and independent retail: the bars, kitchens and cafés around Albert Road and Osborne Road, the shops on Palmerston Road, the makers, roasters, brewers and small producers working out of railway arches and back-street units. Orders tend to be small and frequent rather than large and occasional.

Alongside that there is a steady stream of event and display work. Southsea Common and the seafront host large outdoor events through the summer, and pallets are a staple of stage backdrops, bar builds, fencing, signage and display furniture. That work is usually a fixed number of used pallets on a fixed date, with a collection afterwards.

Most Southsea addresses are terraced, with resident permit bays running the length of the street and no off-road loading. Deliveries here work best earlier in the day, with a smaller vehicle and a realistic idea of how far the pallets will need to be carried from where the lorry can legally stop.

For seafront and common-side work, the practical questions are where the vehicle can pull in, whether there is a barrier or bollard in the way, and who is on site to take the load. If you can give us a contact number for the day, it saves a lot of circling.

For builds and display, used pallets are almost always the right answer — they are cheaper, the weathered look is usually wanted rather than tolerated, and nobody minds a mark on the timber. Tell us if appearance matters and we will sort for that rather than sending whatever is nearest the gate.

If the pallets are being used outdoors and in public, think about how they are being stacked and secured before you order, and let us know if you want them collected once the event is down.