If you run a business, business storage in Southend will be a big help. Here, we will let you know how.

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 and, within this article, we are going to talk you through these reasons. 

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Maximising Your Work Space With Business Storage in Southend

To begin, we must start with one of the biggest benefits to using business storage 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. Storage 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 storage 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 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 storage 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, at any time during your rental period. 

This has proven to be very beneficial to our online retail business customers, like Florence Ledwith from Envy Shoes, 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 is what Florence had to say about our flexibility: 

“The flexibility is massive for us. Say it got to Christmas and we’d totally run out of space, I could take on something else for just a short period of time. You don’t get that anywhere else.” 

We also know that the business world is hard 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 you to give us a short period of notice and you will be refunded for any unused days. This is unique to Cinch Storage and not offered by any of our competitors. 

Facilitating Efficient Inventory Management

If you run any kind of retail business, you will know the importance of staying on top of your inventory. Storage 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 storage 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 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 will give you the extra space you need without giving you high monthly rents or living your trapped in on property.

Convenient Location

Our Southend store is located at 53-57 Sutton Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 5PB, just down the road from All Saints Church Southend on Sea. It is a 4 minute drive, down the A127, from the centre of Southend. This makes us excellent locations for local businesses in need of a space to store their stock and equipment. 

Team Members Always Ready To Help 

All of our Southend team members are all highly knowledgeable about self storage and they will be able to help you every step of the way. They will answer any questions you may and if, when renting with us, you encounter any issues, our team will solve them quickly and efficiently. 

This is what Mark Lee had to say about the Southend team and store:

“I have been using cinch Self Storage in Southend On Sea since they opened.

And I can honestly say they are excellent to do business with the units themselves are spacious clean and dry and the staff are friendly and will go out of their way to 

accommodate you where possible. The prices are very competitive and will do you a deal obviously depending on how long you keep the unit or units. I have no problem recommending this company.”

Our Southend team will also happily accept deliveries for you and place them into your unit. This has proven to be really helpful for our business customers and it is something that isn’t offered by any of our competitors. 

Benefits of Business Storage In Southend 

There are many benefits to using business storage. 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.

Storage will support your business’s operational efficiency, allowing your business to grow to the best of its ability. 

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