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Arundel County police have arrested three men they believe are responsible for 259 break-ins of self-storage units in Anne Arundel and Howard counties.

Investigators now are sorting through items seized in searches of two homes as well as a self-storage unit that they said one of the suspects rented, in an effort to match their haul with storage unit renters who reported thefts.

“It does appear that some of the items have been pawned,” police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said.

Police have recovered clothing and collectibles, pots and pans, and other items since receiving a tip in late January from an informant, they said.

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Interest story from, Edinburgh… Boy I miss that place, it was more home than anywhere else i have lived.

Anyway Family owned and operated company Len Lothian Ltd has been in the storage business for over 45 years with Scotland.

Four Soft (4S), providing software solutions for transportation and logistics, signed  contract with Len Lothian, to implement its warehouse management system (WMS) – 4S eLog across its locations.

to read the full article click here

unfortunately our self storage search is still not up and running for the UK,  however the US search is proving extremely popular

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interesting news from the UK side of the industry,

A new report from Mintel for the Self Storage Association. Show a growth in the industry, and is doing well in the down turn.

The report showed that the number of self storage facilities in the UK in 2009 had increased by 4% in the past year to 800 facilities, generating revenues of £345m and employment for 2,800 people.

ok guys we have had a few days break for a number of reason, main one being the serve has been down a number of times over the weekend. which allowed us to concentrate on other up and coming projects. We also took a day away from the site. which I felt we deserved after working over the Christmas period.

On a completely different subject. Everyone here at Storagenewsandstories.com are over the moon the Saints won the Superbowl. Well done lads.

A few bits of news floating around today. First off , is a news article about Capital Self Storage  which is expanding its facility in Springettsbury Township, at a  former Coca-Cola bottling plant. I just love the fact Self storage units develop in the most interesting building. I know I have mentioned it before and i will mention it again.

anyway to read the full article head over to insideselfstorage.

In other news, another storage directory website has appeared on the scene and is offering storage owners new ways to pay for customers..? That market is going to become saturated with these companys.  Why pay when people can search for free here.

After the last doom and gloom post, i came across a report about lok’nstore, who appear to be doing really well.

“Lok’nStore’s business remains robust; and is characterised by strong cash flows and healthy operating margins, supported by substantial property assets. The company is well positioned to take advantage of opportunities in 2010,” Lok’nStore said in its update ahead of its interim results in April.

Lok’nStore firsted  opened  in Horsham England,  in February 1995 and has since grown rapidly and currently operates 22 sites in Southern England

to read the full report click here

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I have always felt the Storage industry has stood well against the problem of the global economy. However i came across a post on FT, which is worrying…. the report highlights a loss of profit for one of Britian’s biggest Storage providers Safestore.   the FT suggests this loss in profit of £9.4m ($15m), is down to the Falling property values house owners face today.

However the report did mention that this was only at the beginning of the year and things did improve towards the end.

“Last year was one of the worst years in memory and we put in a resilient performance,” said Steve Williams, chief executive. “Property valuations in the second half pretty much recovered, so we would be confident that you are not going to see too much difference next year.”

Full article can be read here

Still it is rather worrying that a company which has 95 stores in the UK and 22 in Paris, has been hit this hard in the rough waters of this economy

Ok not your tipical post today… I found this flash game and thought i would share….hehehehe

Self Storage flash game

IF YOUR LOOKING FOR SELF STORAGE IN THE US, TRY OUR FREE STORAGE FINDER.

Local news for us here @ storage News and Stories

Box Clever Smart Storage Solutions is the brand new name for a Storage  facility, near Cockermouth in the North West of England.

When it opened in October 2007, the site was the first rural location to be run in the UK by global operator Storage King, who called it the North Lakes Cumbria centre. When it opened in October 2007, the site was the first rural location to be run in the UK by global operator Storage King, who called it the North Lakes Cumbria centre.

However it appears that Caterite who were part of the international franchise have decided to go solo. to read the full story click here Everyone here at Storage News and Storage wish them the best of luck with this venture..

It has been noted a lot of our visitors, are looking in to Self Storage auctions. It has been mentioned  in previous post, that  these are fantastic places to pick up a bargain. We came across a great little website called Auctionzip, which lists up and coming auctions in the US. All of us here at Storage News and Stories are blown away with this site. the site covers other types of auctions, not just Self storage auction, for example antiques, real estate, Etc. Anyway we will be adding this site to our growing number of useful website.

If you are seriously looking for a local auction hit this site. Here.