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July 20, 2010

Trunki makes travel storage cool for kids

Filed under: Other Storage Solutions — Tags: , , — andrewmaxwell @ 2:01 pm

Trunki

Walking down the street earlier from our Camden branch of CityStore, my eye was drawn to a display in a branch of a local shop that reminded me of a storage solution for kids that are seen in airports every time we travel.

The Trunki was first seen on Dragon’s Den where the dragons opted not to help finance entrepreneur Rob Law’s idea for a ride-on suitcase for kids. Ultimately the Dragons had to eat there words as over 85,000 cases have been sold and the company valued at £1m+.

We take our hat off to Rob. Trying to get a small child to carry their own stuff is a challenge at the best of times but to produce an item that they actually want to take hold of is quite a thing.

Whilst our storage centre in Camden had its own internal design issues during its construction the final result is certainly something of a success as well. Visit us at our store on Malden Crescent, Camden NW1.

July 19, 2010

Ingeniuous bike storage from the Japanese

Filed under: Other Storage Solutions — Tags: , , , — andrewmaxwell @ 1:05 pm

A Japanese steel engineering company has come up with an ingenious way of securely storing hundreds and even thousands of bikes! The Bike Tree is a fully mechanized locker system that electronically tags the bicycle and takes it via a conveyor belt to a internal storage area.

When it is time to collect a bicycle, the owner swipes a card through a reader which located at the entrance and the bicycle is returned via the same automated system, taking between 15 seconds and one minute to retrieve depending on the capacity of the storage area.

The Bike Tree, now in operation in various train stations in Tokyo, can store between 600 and 6,000 bicycles. And the cost to the user? Roughly ¥1,800 (£13.50) for a secure monthly bicycle parking spot with additional discounts for students.

July 12, 2010

The Scooter-Cooler – perfect storage for the hot weather

Filed under: Other Storage Solutions — Tags: — andrewmaxwell @ 8:39 am

Scooter Cooler

Sometimes we all find products that transform their everyday lives and we wonder how we ever survived without them. Then there’s the Scooter-Cooler – one of those products that won’t transform your life but would love to have…. (more…)

June 29, 2010

Camden Green Summit

Filed under: Camden Area — Tags: , , , — andrewmaxwell @ 6:22 pm

Camden Green Summit

Calling all Camden Residents! Join Camden Council in helping them define their vision for being a sustainable, low carbon borough by 2030!

Recently Camden Council have been active in promoting green issues throughout the borough and is eager to involve as many residents as possible in their discussions. The focus will be on providing energy-saving tips for the home, practical food-growing and also a free bicycle surgery for all those cyclists.

Where and when is it? (more…)

June 28, 2010

Camden implements new recycling service

Filed under: Camden Area — Tags: , , — andrewmaxwell @ 10:01 am

Recycling Man

Camden launched a new re-cycling service last week to encourage the residents to become ‘greener’ and to do their part for the enviroment.

Like councils in other parts of the London and the U.K, residents will receive a special recycling kit to enable them to easily recycle food and garden waste on a weekly basis.

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June 26, 2010

Camden announces sustainable housing project

Filed under: Camden Area — andrewmaxwell @ 9:23 am

Renewable Energy for Camden Estate

Camden Council has recently announced a shortlist of architects who will now compete for the opportunity to design sustainable housing for residents in one of the borough’s estates. The plans build on earlier investment in the estate, which has included a new football pitch and new CCTV. (more…)

June 24, 2010

Self Storage Conference 2010 – Berlin

Filed under: Self Storage — Tags: , , — andrewmaxwell @ 12:20 pm

Federation of European Self-Storage Association

Berlin was the host city of this year’s European Self-Storage Conference and CityStore were in attendance as full members of the UK Self Storage Association (SSA).

Over the 3 days of the conference all member visitors were able to see new innovations in the self-storage marketplace as well as hearing from guest speakers such as Anne Ballard (Universal Management Company) and Jonathan Perrins (Self Storage Association Australasia) about growth of self-storage in other world markets.

We were also lucky enough to be able to spend some time in Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg, visiting one of the breathtaking palaces.

Roll on 2011 in Portugal!

June 21, 2010

Manager’s Weekly Special Offer begins! Get in quick.

Filed under: Self Storage — Tags: , , , — andrewmaxwell @ 12:21 pm

Manager's Special

CityStore Self-Storage have launched their Weekly Special Offer for all new customers taking storage space. Read on to learn more. (more…)

June 18, 2010

Business storage now available in…….cufflinks?

Filed under: Self Storage — Tags: , , — andrewmaxwell @ 4:02 pm

Storage Cufflinks

Here at CityStore Self-Storage we love everything storage. So we couldn’t resist sharing a great new storage solution that we saw on sale recently – storage cufflinks!

For the man who never likes to go anywhere without a means of saving important documents, it is the perfect solution.

While CityStore caters for business storage of another variety, namely for those looking to store stock and archives, we do acknowledge that it is a clever use of space.

June 16, 2010

Market Traders find CityStore the perfect solution

Filed under: Self Storage — Tags: , , , — andrewmaxwell @ 3:27 pm

The Stables Market

As word spreads that there is self storage company just up the road from The Stables Market,  more and more traders are deciding to take space.

One trader in fact has moved lock, stock and barrel from the market into CityStore. Roomscape, a company that specialises in vintage and retro antiques, asked us to create a large unit that he could use as a showroom for potential buyers.

With free access to the centre 7 days a week via pincode, Sergio from Roomscape has found a great solution.

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