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A Perth family business has unveiled its newest four-acre storage facility in Fife after a £3 million investment. Keepsafe Storage Centres has opened its new drive-up Kirkcaldy site, which is available for both commercial and personal use. As part of the Castlecroft group, Keepsafe now has five locations in Tayside and Fife, including in Dundee, Perth and Dunfermline. Castlecroft have operated in the area for 40 years and also runs the Scotloo portable toilet company. They were recipients of the Courier Business Award family business trophy at last year’s event…

Rossendale now has its first fully automated self-storage facility, allowing homeowners and businesses access to their own unit from 5 am to 10 pm throughout the year. Best known as directors of Northern Whisper Brewery, based in Cloughfold, brothers Josh and Barney Vines branched out to purchase Pippin Bank Business Site, in Bacup, last year and when Unit 1, which faces Park Road, became vacant, the brothers decided to open it as NW Self Storage. In just five weeks, the company has been able to let 50 per cent of…

Wilmslow-based self-storage business, Flexiss Group and US-based Compound Real Estate have announced a £300m strategic partnership to deliver a landmark self-storage portfolio across London and key towns around the M25. The Comporter Portfolio will be a collection of best-in-class, new-build self-storage assets located in strategic, affluent and densely populated markets. With a shared vision to set a new benchmark for quality in the sector, the partnership has already secured five landmark sites and has two additional locations under offer, representing more than 500,000 sq ft of Net Lettable Area (NLA).…

Shurgard Self Storage Ltd (“Shurgard”) announces purchase agreement for future self-storage facility in Bracknell (UK) Shurgard – the largest developer, owner and operator of self-storage facilities in Europe – is pleased to announce the signing of a purchase agreement for a new property in Bracknell, United Kingdom. The transaction benefits from an existing planning permission, which will allow us to start construction swiftly. The site is located to the west of the M25, within the South-East region, adjacent to London – an area known for its strong connectivity and growing…

Plans for an industrial building next to the Esso service station in Ramshill have been given the green light. Trademark House has been granted the change of use from Class E(G)(iii) (Light Industrial) to Class B8 (self-storage) use, including the addition of first and second floors in the rear of the building. The plans also include a change of use to Class E(g)(i) (Office) in front of the building, alterations to car park layout and retrospective installation of solar panels. Previous planning applications have been listed for the site in…

Business partners Charles and Patrick worked with Kuboid on the complex conversion of the building to self-storage. Egg Box Storage is a recently established self-storage facility located in Middle Aston, off the A4260 between Oxford and Banbury. Business partners Charles and Patrick approached Kuboid, a well-known company in the industry, to redevelop an old poultry shed into a self-storage facility. “We thought there was an opportunity to make more revenue per square foot out of this building by offering service to the general public rather than just letting it to…

A Bath self-storage centre, which recently secured planning permission for a major refurbishment, has now been given the go-ahead to open on Sundays. Safestore, based at Bellotts House in Twerton, applied to Bath & North East Somerset Council to extend its opening hours to include Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm. The opening hours had been limited to 8 am to 6 pm, Monday to Saturday. Council planners said evidence available suggests that noise levels created by the site are low. The council has not received any complaints about…