Remember when we first started hearing about people running businesses from kitchen tables and spare rooms? It still goes on, but there comes a time when the spare bedroom or boxroom (so-called because of its tiny size) just isn’t big enough anymore.
This used to be a real issue. It meant scouring the neighbourhood for a small office space or lock-up you could use instead. Hardly the most appealing of solutions – and quite often it would mean investing a lot more cash in the new space, all of which would eat into your profits.
So don’t be too surprised if on the way to your self-storage space you wander past some other spaces that are used for small businesses. At this time of the year you’ll probably end up walking past people packing up Santa hats, toys and who knows what else, before sending out dozens if not hundreds of parcels every day to customers around the country (and indeed the world).
Welcome to the world of the 21st-century flexible business – run from a self-storage space that can increase or decrease in size as and when required. Who knew there could be such an easy solution as this? While no one knows quite how many of these businesses are around, we do know there are more storage spaces rented out to small businesses than ever before. Will this trend continue? Maybe – and while rents in the high street and other similar places remain so high, it makes sense to rent out spaces like this instead.
We’re proud of the flexibility we can offer our customers, regardless of whether you’re storing old musty books or new items to be sent out to customers. Whatever the case may be, it’s quite a flexible solution, wouldn’t you say?
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