There are no legal restrictions about where you can put cremated remains or ashes (or ‘cremains’). Some end up in self storage units. This solution may not always be as heartless as it sounds. But it can have unwelcome outcomes…
How to be more environmentally friendly is a challenge facing all businesses these days, not just us in the storage industry. Daniel Beer of The Store Room, whose Manchester self storage site were the winners of the storage.co.uk environmental awareness award, explains what his company has been doing to try and keep things green.
It’s no secret that the private, clandestine nature of self storage means it can sometimes present criminals with the perfect cover for getting up to no good.
This is the time of year when we boldly plan how to sort out our lives and turn over a new leaf. Are possessions a stumbling block? Clear the path to a brighter future by putting them into self storage!
As everyone knows, these are challenging economic times. The recession that began in 2007 has left people across Britain and Europe with lower disposable incomes, as unemployment has increased, salaries have remained static, and credit has become scarcer.
Twelve jokes on a self storage theme ‒ in the unique and cherished style of the British Christmas Cracker Joke. Print them, cut them out, and feed them into your crackers to delight your self storage friends!
Andy Vaillant is an employee at the Wimbledon branch of Henfield Self Storage, which contains about 800 self storage units. This storage centre is interesting because it used to be a very large car repair facility: in order to convert the building to self storage the owners gutted it and purpose-built storage units inside.
So you’ve rented your self storage unit in a self storage facility. Now you have to cart your stuff to your car or van, load it up, drive to the unit and unload it. Is there is an easier way? Yes! With mobile self storage your unit comes to you.
A fire during the night 6 November 2010 at Abacus Self Store, Burscough, West Lancashire, resulted in the loss of a large number of units, and numerous clients’ possessions. It was a timely reminder that such things can and do happen: all users of self storage should be fully aware of the risks.
Big Yellow Self Storage’s financial performance improved in the second half of 2010 despite the persistent problems in the economy, according to their recently released half year report.
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