Manchester-based storage provider FLEXiSPACE has had a 60% increase in new business so far in 2015 (compared to 2014) and as a result is now embarking on a £400,000 expansion of its premises on Ashton Old Road, Manchester. Marc Studholme, Managing Director of FLEXiSPACE, explained: “This is the third phase of development at our Ashton…
Self-storage provider Space Station has expanded its presence with a new base in south Birmingham. The Slough-based company has acquired Storage Corporation, in Kings Heath, making it the firm’s sixth depot and first outside of the South East. The premises will undergo a phased refurbishment programme which is expected to be completed early next year…
Lok’nStore Group PLC shares rose early Monday after it reported strong growth in profit and revenue in the first half of its financial year, driven by strong demand for its growing number of self-storage units and higher sales of document storage. The company reported a pretax profit of GBP1.5 million for the six months to…
Turns out the only thing Americans may love more than Big Macs is hoarding. There are more self-storage facilities in America than there are McDonald’s restaurants, according to a recent report from the commercial real estate publication REJournals. There were 48,500 self-storage facilities in America at the end of 2014, Curbed points out, compared to…
A BUSINESS hub between Burton and South Derbyshire could extend its site to allow for more than 250 self storage units to be built. Bosses at Bretby Business Park, in Ashby Road East, Bretby, have applied to South Derbyshire District Council for permission to allow for 252 self storage containers, an access road, landscape and…
A Wolverhampton removals firm is investing £166,000 to create self-storage rooms at its headquarters. Burke Brothers has been awarded £50,000 through the Green Shoots Fund towards the project. The firm at the Burke Bros Trading Estate in Fox’s Lane is to transform part of its former open space containerised storage facilities to create the modern…
Chorley-based furniture logistics and storage firm has invested £200k to refurbish its warehouse. Andrew Porter Ltd has one of the largest warehouse spaces in the north of England and the refurbishment includes new lighting, repainting the floor and the installation of new dock levellers. Managing director Tim Aspey said to the Lancashire Evening Post: “We…
SOUTHAMPTON firm Access Self Storage has thanked the community for donating Easter eggs as part of an appeal to help a Hampshire charity. The business, based in Third Avenue, Millbrook, collected a basket of chocolate eggs in aid of the Rowans Hospice. Read more at: Storage firm thanks generous community for donating eggs to Easter…
The Reserve Bank is walking a precarious tight-rope with interest rates. The economy is weak and cutting interest rates would seem to be a good way to boost economic activity. But with interest rates already at record lows and housing prices and housing debt already at record highs, further cuts may only serve to create…
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