Last month it was widely reported that the internet sector alone was worth over £100bn to the UK economy making up more than 7% of the UK national economy. The UK has the biggest per capita spend on ecommerce with people buying billions of pounds of goods and services every week. The majority of the... Read More

As you’re all aware, Facebook is big business. There may be 500 million users worldwide, but what exactly do we know about Facebook users in the UK? Well, as of today, here are some headline figures statistics. Please note that these will probably change on a daily basis! 1. There are 27,969,360 Facebook users in... Read More

While the self storage industry hasn’t exactly been immune from the effects of the recession, it is generally accepted that the sector has experienced recession resilience and that the devastation that has visited other types of real estate has been less damaging for the self storage industry. This isn’t because of luck. It’s because of... Read More

The Self Storage Association, in collaboration with Mintel, has released information identifying that over the past three years, self storage revenues have continued to grow. The average self storage operator has seen an increase of 20% during this... Read More

Resilience is a concept used to describe the ability of an area to withstand and respond to shocks in the external environment. Experian has released research, commissioned by the BBC, that ranks areas in terms of their resilience and what factors influence these rankings. The research took an holistic view of local areas and ranked... Read More

The Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG) reported an 8% year on year rise in prices in August, much higher than the 2.6% and 3.1% reported by Halifax and Nationwide. The DCLG’s measure gives more weight to high-priced areas of London and the South East. It also lags the lenders’ measures, so it is... Read More