It’s a little-known fact that two of the five British women to be voted Miss World were born in Poole, showing the town has plently to recommend it beside Victorian architecture and seaside views. Perhaps more suprisingly, Poole is also home to a growing self storage industry, which could seem a little out of place […]
York: an attractively medieval city, dominated by historic landmarks… with a street this year voted Britain’s most picturesque. And not far from the centre of York are two modern self storage facilities. How do they fit in with the city’s image?
Baked beans, tinned fish, socks, tools, cooking utensils, first aid kits, art materials ‒ these are just some of the items on the wishlist posted by the homeless charity Crisis for this Christmas.
Most self storage companies now sell boxes, bubblewrap, packing tape and padlocks ‒ and a whole range of other storage essentials. It makes sense: sell specialist products to your niche market at the time when they most need it. But some self storage companies do it better than others.
There is a big trade in storage boxes, the most sought-after product at the many packaging retail outlets attached to self storage facilities. Not for nothing are such outlets often referred to as “box shops”. But what exactly are storage boxes, and do you need them?
For most self storage companies, the internet now accounts for a significant proportion of their new customers. This has made it vital to have a website that is attractive, well-designed and easy to use ‒ and it is these qualities that have distinguished the winners of the Storage.co.uk Award for Website Design.
“The customer is always right”, as Harry Selfridge’s famous mantra goes. This is certainly the case in self storage, a fast-growing industry where being known for good service can be the difference between someone signing up a unit, or checking out your competitor up the road.
“Awarded for an innovation which has changed any aspect of self storage, making it more efficient for customers or taking it in new directions.” Here are the results…
What’s in a name? Well, a lot. Choosing a good name for a self storage company can be vital to its success.
The Storage.co.uk Award for Storage Facility Design was introduced as part of our campaign to improve architectural design in the self storage industry. A number of companies have done the self storage industry proud in this field, from which five clear winners emerged.
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