Your choice of club furniture can have a huge impact on how your premises look and feel, how comfortable they are for your members and, ultimately, can help to determine whether or not people renew their membership at the end of the year.
But of course it is about more than just comfort - and by giving thought to accessibility, you can avoid shutting out potential new members due to mobility difficulties and other disabilities.
This is no insignificant minority - there are 12.2 million people in the UK with some kind of disability, and the government's Accessible Britain Challenge encourages best practice from employers and local businesses alike, in order to allow these people to enjoy a full quality of life, and make their own contribution to society.
Accommodating disabled people doesn't have to be difficult - just make sure they do not have to navigate steps to get into your premises, and that your doorways are wide enough for a wheelchair to pass through.
In some buildings it might be worth considering installing a hearing loop to help cater for people with hearing impairments, while having a clear path to all important parts of your premises might be beneficial for those with impaired vision or general mobility problems.
Your club furniture can help you to account for various levels of disability - for instance, simply being able to move a chair away easily from a table might make it easier for a wheelchair user to pull up to it instead.
Stacking chairs are a space-conscious option for club premises, and again, if you are hosting an event where you know some of those in attendance might have mobility problems, they make it easier to clear a more spacious route through a room that might normally be more crowded with seats.
The important thing is not to necessarily have your club furniture laid out in a way that will accommodate all possible disabilities from the moment people arrive at your premises; that is simply not realistic.
Instead, just make sure you do not discriminate by failing to plan ahead, and invest in flexible, adaptable club furniture that can quickly be reconfigured to provide some extra space and comfort to those people who need it most.