Corporate Entertainment Hire in Manchester
Games, rides, inflatables and photo booths for company events across Greater Manchester, delivered and set up by our own crew. The warehouse in Rotherham sits about 45 minutes away via the M1 and M62, and Manchester is one of our busiest areas for corporate work: conference entertainment at Manchester Central, hotel Christmas parties in the city centre, and staff and family fun days wherever there is a patch of grass.
Company Events We Cover in Manchester
Corporate entertainment is most of what we do from January to December, and Manchester takes its share of it. Recent jobs in the city include a custom-branded Batak Pro and Whack a Mole with a branded leaderboard for Specsavers at Manchester Central, prize cranes and cash grabbers with branded panels at the Edwardian Hotel on Peter Street, arcade basketball for the Renaissance Hotel on Blackfriars Street, and multi-game packages for the Etihad Stadium, Hotel Football and the Imperial War Museum North in Trafford.
Christmas parties are the December half of the annual cycle: hotel suites and function rooms full of dance machines, racing simulators, prize cranes and rodeo reindeer. Summer flips it outdoors, with company fun days on playing fields and business parks running the Bootcamp 220ft assault course, mobile climbing wall, Hungry Hippos and a fun-food row. Amazon books our games for sites around the North West, and a blast-cleaning contractor working at Carrington power station keeps our gazebos and weights on regular rotation.
If you are comparing suppliers, the numbers procurement teams usually ask us for: trading since 1999, £5 million public liability, roughly 95% of the kit on this site owned and racked at our own warehouse rather than sub-hired, and a 5/5 Google rating from more than 209 reviews.
Plenty of Manchester corporate work happens indoors, in hotel function rooms, conference halls and office atriums. The electronic games above need a 13A socket each and no weather at all, which is why they suit breakout entertainment and exhibition stands. Rodeo bulls and rodeo reindeer work indoors on a ground sheet. For outdoor events from spring to autumn the inflatables, climbing wall and funfair games work on grass or hard standing, and a marquee or gazebo keeps the fun running through the Mancunian drizzle. Trained attendants can be booked with the physical kit, and if you want the whole event powered away from the mains we bring generators and distribution with silent battery options for noise-restricted sites.
The Kit Manchester Bookings Actually Take
Each item below is owned stock from the corporate entertainment range - about 150 products in total - delivered, set up and collected by our crew at the same price across the area.
Whack a Mole
Two mallets, six moles and a scoreboard. The exhibition game we book most for Manchester venues; we built a custom-branded version for Specsavers at Manchester Central. from £445 plus VAT.
Batak Pro Reaction Game
The reaction wall adapted from sports-science testing: hit every light before the clock runs out. Walls and leaderboards print with your branding, as the Decathlon-branded builds show. from £495 plus VAT.
Strike a Light
Four-player speed chess against the clock, played standing up. Fits a breakout room or exhibition stand on one 13A socket. from £395 plus VAT.
AI Photo Booth
Studio-grade AI photo booth that turns guests into astronauts and pixel art. Prints on site, overlay carries your logo. from £695 plus VAT.
360 Photobooth Hire
The slow-motion video booth on a spinning arm. The clip lands on guests' phones, ready for the company socials. from £595 plus VAT.
Atari Pong Table
A playable Pong cocktail table with no coins to feed it. Suits networking drinks and office parties. from £425 plus VAT.
Rodeo Bull / Bucking Bronco
The bucking bronco, with comedy commentary from our operator. Repeat-booked for work Christmas parties. from £395 plus VAT.
Mobile Climbing Wall Enterprise
A 7m mobile climbing wall on auto-belay, run by our instructors. The centrepiece of most company fun days we attend. from £699 plus VAT.
Gold Bar Challenge
A steady-hand challenge along an illuminated gold bar. The buzzer splits the room into winners and loud losers. from £395 plus VAT.
Why Manchester Organisers Book Us
Manchester buyers tend to be comparing three or four suppliers with a spreadsheet, so here are the cells to fill in. We carry £5 million public liability, and when we supply staff, indemnity-to-principal cover extends our insurance to you, which is the box most national suppliers miss. Risk assessments and method statements are emailed to you or your venue before the event, not handed over on the day. We invoice with payment terms rather than taking full payment up front, and we can supply the same game or ride to several UK sites on the same day for companies running events in multiple offices.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does corporate entertainment hire cost in Manchester?
As a planning figure: budget £325 to £495 per indoor game, £395 up for the rodeo bull, £699 for the climbing wall and £1,695 for the Bootcamp assault course. The multi-item company days that most organisers book run £1,500 to £5,000, with the discount applying to items shipped on the same delivery.
Do you deliver to Manchester?
Yes. The Rotherham warehouse is about 45 minutes from central Manchester via the M1 and M62, and we deliver across Greater Manchester including the city centre, Salford, Trafford, Stockport and Tameside. Delivery, set up and end-of-day collection are included; only long-distance runs outside our standard area carry a mileage charge.
Can you work in hotel function rooms and conference venues?
Yes. Manchester Central, the Edwardian, the Renaissance, the Etihad and the Imperial War Museum North have all had our kit, and the city's conference hotels know our risk assessment format. The reaction games, arcade machines and photo booths need one 13A socket each and a few square metres of floor; rodeo bulls work indoors on a ground sheet.
What about branding?
Branding is done in-house rather than outsourced: Batak panels, Whack a Mole leaderboards, prize crane wraps, gazebo tops and booth overlays printed with your artwork. Decathlon's branded Batak and the Specsavers builds above came off the same presses. Allow a little lead time on top of the booking.
How far ahead should we book for Manchester?
Summer Fridays and Saturdays from mid-June to August book out first, and December party dates in Manchester hotel venues usually go by early autumn - the city's party calendar is the busiest in the North. Mid-week conference work is often available at a fortnight's notice.
What Our Customers Say
The queues for the grabber never went down all night. The branding done for us looked great and service fab from start to finish, thank you
Verity Watson, branded prize crane hire for a corporate evening.
DB Entertainment recently assisted me with the planning of my clients corporate event. The process was very smooth, product was fantastic but most of all the team on the night were great!
Rachael Stevenson, planning a client's corporate event.
Book Corporate Entertainment in Manchester
The green Get A Quote buttons on the products above start the quote and let you stack items into it. For the bigger and more complicated bookings - big rides, multi-day runs, full staffed fun days - the office quotes per date instead: ring 0114 345 0135 or send the enquiry form and we will put the whole thing together in one go.
If you are booking against a conference or exhibition at Manchester Central or the Etihad, tell us on the enquiry - venue access windows there are a solved problem for us. Most items need a deposit to secure the date, and delivery, set up and collection are included as standard.
Also in Manchester: arcade machine hire, assault courses, Batak hire, entertainment equipment hire, exhibition hire, funfair ride hire, mobile climbing wall hire, photo booth hire and rodeo bull hire.
We also run corporate entertainment hire in Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster, Worksop, Chesterfield, Hull, Yorkshire, Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.