Room to Grow Your Business: How to Deal with a Lack of Space!

Many businesses struggle with a lack of space for stock, archives, or equipment. Rental prices continue to rise, while fluctuating stock levels mean that the same amount of space is not always required. Is your business running out of room because of all its stock and materials?

A practical solution is to rent flexible storage space that perfectly matches your needs. You can rent a unit on a weekly basis and switch to a larger or smaller unit free of charge. This is an ideal solution for many types of businesses.

Self-employed professionals, online shop owners and tradespeople

Self-employed professionals, online shop owners and tradespeople, such as painters, plumbers and contractors, often need extra space for materials, stock and tools. As a self-employed professional, it is not always practical or even possible to store everything at home.

There may also be legal requirements that prevent certain types of stock, such as online shop inventory, from being stored at home. Instead, it may need to be kept at a business address.

Combining a storage unit with a business mailbox offers a convenient solution. You can use the storage facility’s address as your registered business address while also having enough space for your stock, materials and tools.

Are you running a major promotion that requires additional stock or materials? You can temporarily rent a larger unit. Once the promotion has ended or business slows down, you can easily switch to a smaller space.

Sales representatives

Sales representatives travel across the country to visit potential customers. Having to collect and transport a large amount of presentation material from the head office every time is not very convenient.

Renting several storage units at different locations throughout the country can be an ideal solution. Representatives can collect materials from a nearby location, saving both time and money.

Seasonal businesses

Many businesses depend on the season. Examples include beach bars, carnival associations and shopping centres.

During the winter, outdoor furniture and terrace equipment need to be stored somewhere clean and dry. Carnival materials are only used for a limited period each year, and the same applies to the Christmas decorations displayed in shopping centres.

These items take up a great deal of space but are only needed for part of the year. Business inventory storage is therefore an excellent solution.

There are also other reasons why your business may benefit from stock or archive storage.

Bankruptcy: Even after a bankruptcy, businesses may still be legally required to retain certain documents. Archive storage is therefore often the best solution.

Additional business services: parcel shipping and goods reception

You probably recognise the situation: you need to be present to receive a delivery of parcels, stock or materials, but the timing is extremely inconvenient. This can result in hours of unnecessary waiting that could have been used much more productively.

Many individuals and businesses experience this problem. Millions of deliveries are made every year, so imagine how many hours are spent waiting for them.

A convenient solution is to use the goods-reception service at an ALLSAFE Mini Storage location. You do not need to be present when the delivery arrives and can collect your parcel whenever it suits you.

Employees at the relevant location will accept the delivery on your behalf and place it inside your storage unit or keep it safely at the service desk.

You can also leave parcel shipping to the employees, for both business and personal deliveries. Simply collect the items from your storage unit, hand them in at the service desk and have them shipped through PostNL at a competitive rate.

This means you do not have to travel to a post office, saving you valuable time and effort.

With these solutions, you will once again have the space you need to grow your business!