The owner of a former Hilton, England, self-storage business has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in jail for defrauding more than £250,000 from businesses and individuals. Marcus Elliot, 26, was a partner in Hilton Self-Storage Ltd...

Storeland Self Storage received approval from county officials on Tuesday to add vehicle storage to its facility in Culpeper, Va. The board of supervisors voted 5–2 to allow the facility to store boats and utility vehicles on an unused portion of...

With a 5-0 vote, the Surprise, Ariz., City Council approved a zoning change Tuesday that will allow Storage West Self Storage to build a second location in the city. The facility will include vehicle storage.

Parsons Containers Ltd., a U.K.-based provider of portable-storage containers that also operates self-storage facilities under the U Hold The Key brand, has opened a new storage facility in Darlington, England. In addition to container storage...

Storage Protectors LLC, a Phoenix-based business specializing in contents insurance and damage-waiver coverage for portable-storage businesses, has launched a program for facility operators in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and...

Students from Grand Canyon University (GCU) in Phoenix last week won a Smart City Hack (SCH) business-startup competition with a peer-to-peer self-storage concept. Led by Jed Woods, a 20-year-old business-administration major, the student group...

Gettabox S.L., a startup business specializing in valet self-storage, has launched service in Madrid, Spain. The company uses a mobile app and online platform that allows customers to schedule item pickup, maintain a visual catalog of stored bins...

An appeal by Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc. and its subsidiary U-Haul Co. of California in response to a decade-old lawsuit was denied this week by the appellate court in San Francisco. As a result, U-Haul was ordered to pay the legal...

While boat and RV storage is a great way to increase revenue at your self-storage facility, it’s important to be aware of the risk exposures and requirements it adds to a business. Here are four ways to reduce that risk, including insurance and...