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U.K. Self-Storage Operator Big Yellow Partners With ByBox on Package Delivery

U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow, which owns or manages 76 facilities, has partnered with package-delivery company ByBox in a £2 million program that will allow customers to retrieve packages via an automated locker system. ...More
July 27, 2012
Posted in News
U.K. Self-Storage Operator Big Yellow Considers Legal Action Against Proposed Sales Tax

U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow Group PLC has explored taking legal action against a proposed sales tax that would be imposed this fall on self-storage customers. Any appeal against the tax, however, would not take place until after Oct. 1, when the value-added tax ...More
July 10, 2012
Posted in News
Big Yellow Self Storage Managers Help UK Hospice Build a Shed

Managers from a U.K. Big Yellow Self Storage last week helped Farleigh Hospice add a storage shed to its center. ...More
July 3, 2012
Posted in News
U.K. Self-Storage Operator Big Yellow Releases 1Q 2012 and Fiscal Year Financial Results

U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow Group PLC recently released its audited results for the quarter ended March 31, which was also the end of the company's fiscal year. In its 2011-12 year, the company finished with an overall loss of £35.6 million (about $57.1 million), ...More
May 25, 2012
Posted in News, Finance
U.K. Self-Storage Operator Big Yellow Secures $162 Million Loan, Makes Other Financial Changes and Real Estate Sales

U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow Group PLC has entered into a new £100 million (about $162 million) 15-year loan with Aviva Commercial Finance Limited, secured over a portfolio of 15 wholly owned self-storage facilities valued in February, at £242.1 million (about ...More
May 2, 2012
Posted in News, Finance, Real Estate
Self-Storage REITs to Release Quarterly Financial Results

Five self-storage real estate investment trusts (REIT), including the four U.S.-based entities and U.K.-based Big Yellow Group PLC, have announced when and how they will reveal their earnings statements for the fiscal quarter that ended on March 31. ...More
April 20, 2012
Posted in News, Finance
U.K. Self-Storage Operator Big Yellow Shares Q1 2012 Occupancy Numbers, Comments on Proposed Sales Tax

U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow Group PLC released a pre-close statement for the quarter ending March 31 with news of steadily increasing occupancy. The statement comes a week after government officials met about a nationwide budget deficit and released a proposal to ...More
March 28, 2012
Posted in News
U.K. Self-Storage Companies Could Be Forced to Charge Sales Tax

A budget proposal made this week by British Finance Minister George Osborne would eliminate the United Kingdom’s self-storage market exemption from charging customers sales tax. The move could mean thinner profit margins for U.K. self-storage operators and higher prices for ...More
March 22, 2012
Posted in News, Management
U.K. Self-Storage Shows Signs of Resilience, Anticipates Steady Growth in 2012

Here's a closer look at the self-storage market in the United Kingdom, how it compared to other commercial real estate markets, and expectations for the coming year. Plus, details on the performance of the U.K.'s top self-storage operators. ...More
December 25, 2011
Posted in Articles
Big Yellow Self Storage Supports Zambian Football Charity

The U.K.’s Big Yellow Self Storage helped collect and store football (soccer) gear for children in Zambia. ...More
November 30, 2011
Posted in News

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