QuickGuides are designed to help you quickly access concise advice and information on key topics and some of the most common issues faced by members. Many topics are based on FAQs from members.

The current list includes:

  • Business Rates for Container Storage 2025
  • Business Rates for Self Storage
  • CCTV & ICO Registration
  • CCTV Laws at Your Self Storage Site
  • Charging Fees
  • Checking Customer Identity
  • Condensation in Shipping Containers
  • Contracting with under 18 year olds
  • Customer Sign Up Checklist
  • Customers using self storage as business address
  • Dealing with Drone Auditors and Social Media Bloggers
  • Death of a Storer
  • Defibrillators
  • Equality & Diversity in the Workplace
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Handling Abandoned Goods
  • How to Conduct an Onsite Security Survey
  • How to Manage a Break In
  • Levelling Shipping Containers
  • Looking after your lift
  • Music Licence
  • Mystery Shopping
  • Padlocks
  • Parking and Traffic in Rural Self Storage
  • PAT Testing
  • Planning zoning for self storage UK
  • Purchasing and Maintaining Shipping Containers
  • REITs
  • Right of Termination of the Self Storage Contract
  • Shipping Container Maintenance
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Solo Staff and Customers
  • Storage Facility Signage
  • Subject Access Requests
  • Tax relief for external storage UK
  • Treatment of Self Storage as a Trading Business
  • Vulnerable Storers
  • What to look for when purchasing a shipping container
  • Who can Access a Storage Unit

We continue to increase the number of QuickGuides so please check this page regularly for updates or contact us at [email protected] if you have a suggestion for a QuickGuide.

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