As part of its campaign to discover how much the public sector spends on self storage, Storage.co.uk recently submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to Royal Mail. This resulted in a remarkable campaign to prevent us from finding out the answer, which seemed to suggest the organization itself is embarrassed by how much it […]
Despite it not yet having a huge self storage industry, there are several reasons for people needing self storage in Coventry.
The first thing to think about once you’ve rented your self-storage unit is: how am I going to keep my stuff safe? You’ll have to provide your own padlock – and you should make sure you buy the best you can afford. Self storage companies often sell a range of padlocks at the front desk. […]
Public storage of the US is the mammoth storage company whose managers are well positioned to gauge the state of the self storage market with its 2,000 plus facilities, including 190 in Europe.
During the summer, two university students from Switzerland, came to work at the offices of Storage.co.uk. We gave them the task of analysing the websites of all the self storage companies on our database — no mean task, as there are more than 500 of these (multi-site companies not included). It gave them a unique insight into the British self storage industry. This is their report.
An increasing number of the larger self storage companies are including offices-for-rent in their new-build facilities. And many customers are satisfied.
Switzerland is a small country (just under 8 million possible users of self storage), but it is wealthy and people are often short of space – so the demand for self storage is growing rapidly here.
There are about 95 Spanish self storage facilities so compared with the UK the market is in its infancy – but it is growing. Bluespace One of the most prominent Spanish self storage operators is Bluespace, which has 17 sites and a total of 80,000 square metres of storage rooms. Their typical storage centre is […]
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