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If you think about self storage units, what do you imagine to be inside the majority of them? Bits and pieces from someone’s garage? The contents of a house move or downsize? Furniture waiting to find a new home?
You’re probably right in many cases.
But people are often surprised to learn that actually many of our customers are businesses, rather than individuals.
When we first started out, and up until maybe five years ago, there was probably only one business customer to every four individuals. Today that shifted so that here at McCarthy’s, about 45% of our units are now let to organisations and professionals.
The Self Storage Association’s annual survey this year also showed the same pattern, with a national average split of 59% consumer to 41% business.
So why has there been this increase in businesses using self storage? Partly it’s because there’s been a huge growth in the number of internet and online businesses. These companies often need somewhere to store stock, but don’t need a full office. Yet they don’t really want to keep it all in their spare room at home either!
Self storage can also be very useful for businesses which have peak seasons – ones which ramp up for Christmas, or which run events or weddings. Units can be scaled up or down according to need on a month by month basis, without being tied into a long and expensive lease that might not always be needed.
At McCarthy’s we also have a business centre attached to our storage facilities with 25 offices. These are often used in tandem with storage units, when businesses start growing away from the kitchen table and need a bit more space. It can also offer services such as a reception, meeting rooms and ensuring parcels are received and signed for.
So if you’re fed up of your home being a store room, or you fancy getting away from working with your lap top on your knee, give us a call. 2016 could be the year you take your business to the next level!
Jodie and Sarah were fantastic. They managed to sort out a storage unit for me straight away and even stayed after they should have shut to help me out. I would have been absolutely stuck if they hadn’t gone the extra mile.
It’s rare these days to get that level of service. MASSIVE thank you.
Really good service and would recommend them without hesitation
The staff are friendly and helpful (Huddersfield). My belonging are very safe and secure with loads of cameras and you can't enter without a person code. The storage rooms are nice and dry so all the stuff are safe from damp and mold ect.
I would definitely recommend and the price was great.
The Storage Centre, Meanwood Road,
Leeds LS7 2AH
Removals:
0113 262 3000 /
0113 262 4000
Email Leeds removals
Storage: 0113 26 26 500
Email Leeds storage
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
Bank Holidays: 10.00 to 14.00
The Storage Centre,
Ripon Road,
Harrogate HG1 2BS
Self Store
01423 625 000
Van Hire: 01423 625 000
Email
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
The Storage Centre, Kirkgate,
Wakefield WF1 1UW
Self Store
01924 566 939
Email
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
McCarthy's Storage World
Phoenix Retail Park
Leeds Road
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD1 6NE
Self Store
01484 248 006
Email
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
Bank Holidays: 10.00 to 15.00
McCarthy's Storage World
Water lane
York
YO30 6PQ
Self Store:
01904 221 600
Van Hire: 01904 238 333
Email
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
Sunday: 09:00 to 14:00