2023 saw a record number of new businesses starting up. A report conducted by Natwest and Beauhurst revealed that there are a record-breaking 5.31 million active companies currently operating within the UK and 900,000 of them were established in 2023 alone. The single largest contributor to new business in the UK was online retailers, with 82,000 more being established in 2023. This vast increase in new business, in particular online businesses, is leading to an increase in the need for business storage in Southend. 

There are many excellent benefits to using business storage in Southend and, within this article, we are going to talk you through these reasons. 

Let’s get started! 

Maximising Your Work Space With Business Storage in Southend

To begin, we must start with one of the biggest benefits to using business storage Southend which is that it allows you to maximise your work/office space. It does this because it gives you the space you need to store your inventory, equipment and/or documents. This allows you to maximise your space which will help your business to grow in an organised and efficient manner. 

It will also keep your workspace as a nice place to work as it will help you to stay organised and prevent clutter from building up. Not only will this make for a nicer workspace but it will also aid your focus and productivity. Clutter is the enemy of any and all working environments because clutter prevents you from being able to focus and hinders your productivity. Studies have shown that when you are working in a cluttered workspace your brain cannot focus on the task at hand because it is too distracted by the visual noise caused by the clutter. And clutter has a cumulative effect on our brains – the more clutter we are exposed to, the more distractible we become. Business storage in Southend will help you to keep your workspace clutter free which will help you to stay focussed on growing your business. 

Enhanced Security for Sensitive Items

Your business inventory and equipment are important because without it, you don’t have a business. Your business documents are also very important as they often contain sensitive information pertaining to your business and your customers. It all needs to be kept safe and business storage in Southend can provide you with your ideal safe space.  

All professional storage facilities will be fitted with high-quality  security systems. Our Southend store has 24/7 CCTV surveillance around the entire facility and pin-code access to allow you convenient access to your unit whilst other people’s units are kept safe. Each of our storage units is equipped with an intruder alarm and smoke and fire detectors so your business assets will be safe from theft and environmental factors. 

Using our business storage in Southend will give you complete peace of mind that your business’s assets are being kept safe and secure. 

Supporting Business Flexibility

We talk a lot with our current business customers and we always find that something that they really value with our business storage in Southend is the flexibility. We only offer flexible rental contracts to all our customers. This means that you can upgrade, downgrade or add to your storage, if and when you need to. This has proven to be very beneficial to our online retail business customers because if they need extra storage to cover a busy period of time, such as Christmas, all our teams will make that happen as quickly as possible. 

This level of flexibility allows our business storage in Southend to cater to a businesses fluctuating and evolving needs. 

We also know that the business world is a hard world to be in and not all businesses make it or succeed at the level that they expected or wanted. Sometimes you won’t need your business storage for as long as you thought. If this is the case, you are free to leave your unit before your rental period has expired. We just need 14 days notice.

Facilitating Efficient Inventory Management

If you run any kind of retail business, you will know the importance of staying on top of your inventory. Business storage in Southend will allow you to efficiently manage your inventory as you will have plenty of space to organise it how you want to, adding shelving, racking or any kind of storage system that you feel would work best for your business. 

Using business storage in Southend will also allow you to streamline your business operations, using your storage not only as a place to store inventory but as a place to pack orders, deal with returns and the more administrative side of your business. 

Cost Savings on Commercial Leases

Using business storage in Southend will also prove to be a cost effective way of renting commercial space. Commercial space in Southend is not cheap with some properties costing close to £15,000 per month to rent. 

To buy, you are looking at anything from £10,000 to £2.5 million. This is not only a large price increase as the property increases in size but, buying a property will also eliminate any flexibility when it comes to size and location which can hinder your business growth. 

Business storage in Southend will give you the extra space you need without giving you high monthly rents or living your trapped in on property.

Benefits of Business Storage In Southend 

There are many benefits to using business storage in Southend. It will give you a cost-effective way in which to maximise your workspace and give you the space to have efficient inventory management. It will do all this whilst providing you with a flexible and secure space for even your most sensitive business assets.

Business storage in Southend will support your business’s operational efficiency, allowing your business to grow to the best of its ability. 

If you would like to know more about our business storage in Southend, please give us a call on: 01702 845 215 or click here.