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Adrian Lee Consulting specialises in sharing a wealth of self storage industry knowledge and experience – and more general real estate knowledge and experience - to operators, owners and investors already in – or looking to get into - the industry. Adrian Lee is an experienced and accomplished self storage and real estate professional with over 35 years industry experience; 25 of those years were with Big Yellow Self Storage at main Board level of a FTSE 250 company. Adrian is an enthusiastic, energetic and versatile individual specialising in Operations, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing, Construction and Sustainability.

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Clover Four offers training courses in sales and marketing, as well as business coaching and consulting. We also do website development, graphical design of marketing materials and custom software development, for example smartphone and tablet apps. As an outsider to your business, but as an insider to the industry, we can often highlight any blind spots in your sales, marketing or operations that could be holding your business back. We can train your team on sales and marketing related topics and can also work with you over a longer period of time to improve specific aspects of your business. Clover Four was founded by Christel Land, who is also the author of the ‘Cutting Edge of Self-Storage’ books. Over time, she has grown the team with talented graphical designers and web developers. She has handpicked the team from around the world, which means that Clover Four is able to offer a first class delivery of websites and marketing materials at a very reasonable price point. Christel Land entered the self-storage industry in 2002 and has worked both as an operator, a supplier and now as an external partner to numerous self-storage businesses around Europe. She often speaks at industry conferences and also delivers training courses through the Self-Storage Association. To read more about Christel’s background and to read client testimonials, visit her LinkedIn page or the Clover Four website.

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Double D Consulting specialises in sharing a wealth of self storage knowledge and experience to independent self storage and container storage companies, owners and new starters looking to get in to the industry. Dave Davies is an experienced and accomplished self storage and retail professional with 20 years industry experience. 17 of those years were with Safestore PLC at Executive Board level. Dave is a passionate, enthusiastic, energetic, straight talking and versatile individual specialising in store management, operations, enquiry management, pricing and revenue enhancement, team building, the customer journey and sales. A past chair of the SSA UK, Dave is well known in the sector and has a large network of trusted and proven suppliers and contractors. Dave’s unique set of knowledge, skills and practical experience are proven to add value to any business that he works with. Having worked with many clients to date, referrals are available on request. Specialities: Business Growth Strategy Revenue Management & Enhancement Change Management/Integration Recruitment Team Building Enquiry Handling & Management Sales Coaching 121 Coaching/Mentoring Under Performance Turnaround P+L Management Project Management - store builds/fit outs Property and Business Acquisitions & Disposals.

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Engage provides third party management and consultancy services to the UK and European Self Storage sector. Founded in 2009 Engage has experience in all aspects of Self Storage from finance to marketing and sales. Engage has the knowledge and expertise to develop and manage profitable Self Storage facilities. At Engage we can help existing operators and startups or investors looking to get into the Self Storage industry for the first time. We have worked with a range of different clients enabling us to tailor our services to the needs of each.

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Pentadel design and deliver modern, innovative and complex storage and distribution facilities for businesses across the UK and Globally.Our inhouse team of Project Managers, Construction Managers, Quantity Surveyors, and Designers have a wealth of experience working to strict programmes, and a deep understanding of the intricacies of construction management, enabling us to deliver high specification results for our clients. We recognise that each client is unique, and bring our best fit team to deliver functional facilities that they can be proud of.

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Self Storage Thinking specializes in new start up operations, from city, urban, rural locations, farm building conversions, marinas and small town locations, conversions or new builds into highly profitable self storage facilities. 

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Storage Future Ltd. specialise in the design and construction of self storage facilities. We deliver projects from conception to completion, listening to our clients requirements and working together to develop exceptional self storage facilities. Our self storage systems provide our customers with the best materials and range of choices the industry has to offer. We provide an experienced and honest site appraisal, free of charge. We offer financial planning, revenue projections and business plan inputs for our clients, free of charge. Our team has experience of delivering over 800 self storage projects throughout the UK and Europe. With hands on knowledge and experience we aim to design and construct the best self storage facility possible for every site, at a very competitive price. We design & build any project from new purpose built self storage facilities to small modifications to existing facilities. Our business is built on providing an exceptional service to our clients. We have grown to where we are today by doing a great job.

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Management First is the UK’s leading third-party management platform for self storage, and the only open-to-market third-party management platform backed by a listed operator.  

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Wigwam Storage Management provide third party self-storage management services specialising in remotely managed stores. Our expertise in the self storage industry covers all aspects of the life cycle from site acquisitions, design and development, operations, marketing and finance whilst at the same time leveraging technology to improve business efficiencies and the customer experience. Wigwam have partnership agreements with Real Estate Private Equity, Privately Owned Property Companies and Landowners across the UK.

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