Self storage: investment opportunities in a growth industry
As the self storage industry continues to post remarkably resilient turnover figures and profits, ROC Invest is offering small investors a chance to get in on the act.
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The Independent features businesses based in self storage units
A recent article in The Independent has highlighted the growing use being made of self storage units by start-up businesses looking for a cheap alternative to renting more traditional premises.
Self storage across Europe: An update
According to the most recent newsletter published by FEDESSA (The Federation of European Self Storage Associations), self storage continues to make slow progress in its advance across Europe, as it struggles to shake off the impacts of the global recession and stoke consumer interest in its product.
The language of self storage is English
“La langue du ciel est anglais” announced a Montreal newspaper some years ago. What? They speak English in heaven as well? How do they know? Given this, it may seem less of a surprise that English is also the international language of the self storage industry too, especially when it comes to brand names.
Self storage industry featured in the Daily Mail
Self storage was recently featured in an online article by the Daily Mail newspaper, which combined some interesting facts with a range of personal stories from self storage customers to create a detailed profile of the industry.
Self storage and scrap metal
They used to say “where there’s muck there’s brass”; now a more apt expression would probably be “where there’s brass there’s gold”’, as China’s insatiable appetite for resources has caused an explosion in the price of scrap metal over the last ten years. This, in turn, has produced a new economy in scrap metal which […]
A new facility in Newport for Fox Self Storage
Based in Wales and the West Midlands, Fox Moving & Storage has been in business for four decades, trading on the natural synergy between removals and storage. It opened its first self storage facility in Cardiff back in 1992, and has recently expanded into Newport.
Safestore announces 7.3% growth in annual revenue
An increase of more than 7% in revenue compared to twelve months earlier was the highlight of an impressive series of results announced by Safestore Self Storage as part of its 2011 annual report.
FEDESSA Conference, Portugal, June 2011
Paul Barber, representing Storage.co.uk, attended this year’s conference of the Federation of European Self Storage Associations. Here is his report.
SSA UK 2011 survey provides cause for cautious optimism
The fifth consecutive annual survey of the UK self storage industry by the Self Storage Association suggests that it has weathered the recession well so far, with all seven of the largest companies having returned to profitability after registering declines during 2008 and 2009.
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