Your SME needs business storage solutions but you might not know it. That’s because we understand your needs now, and how the future’s likely to shape them.
We know what it’s like to juggle all the responsibilities that come with being an entrepreneur and to look at your to-do list only to find it’s grown another ten legs. And you know what they say about a cramped office stuffed to the gunnels with furniture, paperwork, seasonal stock that you’re forever tripping over?
Well, there isn’t actually a saying about it but there should be!
What is business storage?
There are storage units designed for personal storage and those that are designed for business use. You can rent units of varying sizes, all housed within our secure storage facilities at Jenners Depository and Bonnington Road, under lock and your key, and protected further by 24-hour CCTV surveillance.
Robust yet flexible is perhaps the best way to describe our business storage, as you go about creating an environment where your business can operate more efficiently minus clutter and chaos. A tidy well ordered office looks so much more professional too.
Edinburgh Self Storage: More than just storage
For SMEs and other enterprises Edinburgh Self Storage business storage is flexible enough to support the ebb and flow of your business, compliance, and efficiency. This is not just a matter of storing things away – it’s about streamlining your business so that it can tough it out in this dog eat dog world.
Storing with us can help with risk management and keeping costs down to a modicum.
Don’t cramp your style
If your office feels cramped, your creativity is likely being stifled at the same time. You might also have on your mind the worry of securing important documents, or need a better way to organise your business assets in general. And they are assets, not be discarded on a whim when space is at a premium.
Using Edinburgh Self Storage could be the smartest business move you didn’t know you had to make.
Long term self storage for business
Smart businesses know the value of taking out of the equation what isn’t need right now and having a back-burner storage facility they can call on at the drop of a hat, which is why many choose to keep a unit full time that lends itself to a variety of different uses.
We work with businesses large and small to help them streamline and get slicker by taking away bulky burdens and sending them packing!
Self storage for side hustlers
Side hustlers and e-sellers listen up. With success comes expansion and you can’t be turning your home into a warehouse or makeshift dispatch centre forever. It’s not fair on you or on anybody else in the house. That’s why we’re seeing more side hustle entrepreneurs come through our door in search of business storage solutions.
You might be selling via your own website or Vinted, TikTok shop, Ali Express, Etsy or Amazon, and we provide a central location from which to dispatch your items, and you can upsize or downsize pretty much on demand in line with ebb and flow of your business.
We’ll also take deliveries in for you so that you can concentrate on all the stuff that really matters for scaling your operation.
Is business storage only for larger businesses?
Absolutely not.
Larger businesses do of course use our Edinburgh business storage facility, but there are just as many benefits for small and medium enterprises, one being there’s no offsite security to take care of because that’s all part of the deal.
Other SME business storage solutions include:
- Save money on potentially pricey office or retail space expansions for stock storage.
- Sleep easy knowing that sensitive or legal documents are removed from the office and in a secure environment whose access you’re fully in control of.
- Staff productivity is often boosted as a direct result of freeing up workspaces.
- Manage your seasonal inventory without trying to cram it all in and risking stock getting damaged or lost or both.
Secure and flexible storage for your business needs
Margins are tight for everybody these days, and wastefulness is the common enemy. Our business storage is fully flex, the Fort Knox of the north, and no contract or long-term commitment required. Strong customer care values and competitive pricing are likewise why many of our business clients decide to store long term with Edinburgh Self Storage.
Stock storage solutions for businesses
Warehouses aren’t always the solution and can be costly and really like taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut when it comes to your surplus stock. Storing it offsite makes a huge amount of sense when you think about it because it won’t tangle up the operations or workflow so you have room to breathe and think creatively.
It also of course means that you can expand the working environment and take on new staff or look at ways to automate or utilise AI.
Why would an SME use business storage?
Storing office furniture during moves, renovations, decorations, or upgrades
Getting rid of office furniture without thinking it through can lead to regret further down the line. You might find that plan A was unworkable and that you should’ve held onto stuff you wholesale let go of. Also, by not piling it all up in a corner when the place does need a freshen up, you’re less likely to lose stuff or break stuff, or for one of the team to be injured.
Legal documents and compliance
Even in 2025, fully paperless office is not a reality for all businesses. Compliance demands some documents are kept and they take up valuable space, or they will until you take the route of storing with us. And when it comes to audits or any other reason for retrieval, access is easy and we can advise you on the best way to pack your unit too.
Inventory management
Is your business seasonal? Get that excess stock stored with us and scale your inventory in whichever way you need to without worrying about sudden seasonal shifts and being left high and dry with too much stock that you haven’t a clue what to do with.
Storing tools and equipment
Safe storage of tools is becoming a real worry. It’s getting increasingly less safe to leave tools in vans even overnight, another reason more and more tradespeople use us to store their tools and equipment.
Marketing materials
Even in this digital age, brochures, banners, exhibition stands, and promotional items are still very much a thing, and can take up a lot of space in a small office. They’re also often required at the drop of a hat so having them within easy reach in one of our two central Edinburgh storage facilities makes sense. You definitely don’t want to see them day in day out.
IT and electronics
Perhaps you have cleared out some old computers or servers and are either going to re-use them in the future or dispose of them. Store them with us until you have time to get round to giving proper consideration to their future use.
Business storage and hybrid working
With remote and hybrid working being so popular and office space downsized, there’s perhaps an excess of unused furniture, other equipment and miscellaneous stuff that needs a home. It might not be the case that hybrid working is something that is sustainable in the future, so perhaps best to hold onto all for the time being and store it with us.
Can business storage save your business money?
You bet.
Renting additional office or retail space is an costly business, but with business storage, you pay for the space you need and that’s that, thereby avoiding high upfront costs.
Ditto more utility and maintenance or long-term lease commitments.
Flexible rental terms allow you to scale your storage space as your business needs change, making it a financially savvy choice.
Getting Started with Edinburgh Self Storage
- Assess your storage needs. Identify what items you need to store and for how long. Give us a call on 0131 337 7277 and we’ll advise you on your options.
- Choose a unit size.
- Book your unit over the phone or on our website.
- Move in your stuff.
- Manage your storage. Keep an inventory of stored items and visit your unit as needed and let us know should your circumstances change so that we can adapt your deal.
