Storage.co.uk’s National Declutter Week (7-18 March 2012) encourages declutterers to take unwanted items to charity shops run by hospices. Here we look at just how much donations are cherished by the hospices for the vital financial assistance that they bring.
The self storage industry offers a great opportunity for investment, even – and perhaps especially – in hard times. In this guest blog, the London-based business Self Storage Investment gives us its assessment, and tells what’s on offer.
Ben Rogers, Founding Partner of Storemates.co.uk, describes his innovative initiative in storage, making use of all that spare storage space in private homes.
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.
Residents of Taguig City in the Philippines recently witnessed the opening of the country’s first American-style self storage facility, according to an online article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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.
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 [...]
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.
Most of the major self storage firms don’t have facilities in the north of England – why should this be?
Many self storage companies stock plastic boxes as part of their box shop range. They are more expensive than cardboard boxes. Are they worth the extra cost?
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