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U.K. Self-Storage Industry Shows Strong 2012 Numbers Despite Imposition of VAT

Self-storage operators in the United Kingdom have effectively absorbed the impact of the 20 percent value-added tax (VAT) imposed by the government on the industry last October, according to a Self Storage Association of the United Kingdom (SSA-UK) survey. Results show that ...More

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U.K. Self-Storage Operator Big Yellow Releases Fiscal Year-End Financial Results

U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow Group PLC released financial results for its fiscal year and the fourth quarter ended March 31. Revenue for the year was £69.7 million ($105 million), which was up 6 percent over the previous fiscal year. Adjusted profit before tax was ...More

3 days ago

Posted in News, Finance

Big Yellow Self Storage Employees in Swindon, England, Pedal to Fight Cystic Fibrosis

Employees of a Big Yellow Self Storage facility in Swindon, England, recently took on the challenge of cycling the distance from London to Paris to raise funds to fight Cystic Fibrosis—all on exercise bikes. ...More

4 days ago

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U.K.’s Access Self Storage Compiles List of Strangest Stored Items

An Access Self Storage facility in London’s northwest borough of Harrow has compiled a list of the top 10 strangest items tenants wanted to store during the past year. Some of the items topping the list include live fish, hundreds of frozen turkeys and 1,000 right-foot ...More

2 weeks ago

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Self-Storage Operator StorageMart Collects Ice Skates for Canadian Charity

Self-storage operator StorageMart is partnering with Skate to Great, a Canadian-based nonprofit that collects donated new and gently used ice skates and distributes them to deserving children and at-risk youth across North America. Every StorageMart facility in Alberta, ...More

2 weeks ago

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Australian Self-Storage Operator Kennards Nears Controversial Zoning Victory

Kennards Self Storage of Australia is nearing a zoning victory in the city of Wollongong that would enable the company to build a storage facility in an area zoned for heavy industrial use. Kennards purchased land in the Kemblawarra Industrial Precinct and Business Park in ...More

2 weeks ago

Posted in News, Development

U.K.’s Access Self Storage Markets Unit Options Via Unique Contortionist Photo Shoot

U.K. self-storage operator Access Self Storage has come up with a clever way to market the variety of storage configuration options inside its units. The company hired contortionists Pixie Le Knot and Oohla Lowri to squeeze themselves into a small unit and pose for photos ...More

2 weeks ago

Posted in News, Marketing

U.K. Self-Storage Operator Big Yellow Houses 112 Giraffes for Zoo Celebration, Art Exhibit

The United Kingdom's Big Yellow Self Storage Co. is storing a shipment of 112 giraffe sculptures that will be part of the Colchester Zoo's 50th birthday celebrations. ...More

2 weeks ago

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Dymon Self Storage Opens New Facility in Ottawa, Expanding Rapidly in Canada

Canadian self-storage operator Dymon Self Storage, which has seven facilities in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, recently opened a new facility in Ottawa and will continue to expand its brand with further development. The company, which opened its first facility in 2006, will open ...More

3 weeks ago

Posted in News, Construction, Development

Co-Founder of U.K. Self-Storage Operator Big Yellow to Retire

Philip Burks, who co-founded U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow in 1998, will retire from his current role as non-executive director during the company’s annual general meeting on July 19. He will be replaced by Georgina Harvey, who will serve as an independent ...More

4 weeks ago

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