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Handforth Dean Facility named as SSA UK Facility of the Year 2010

The Handforth BiG Storage facility has been awarded the title of the UK's Self Storage Facility of the Year at a prestigious industry awards ceremony in Berlin. The awards were established to recognise and reward the very best in the self storage industry and are part of the Self Storage Association's drive to promote best practice amongst self storage operators in the UK.

The award was presented at a gala dinner attended by more than 250 self storage professionals from across Europe who had gathered for the Self Storage Association's (SSA) annual conference held in conjunction with the Federation of European Self Storage Association (FEDESSA).

Rodney Walker, Chief Executive Officer of SSA UK commented: "Self Storage is a fast growing and exciting business in the UK and we wanted to recognise those at the forefront of the industry and those who are setting the standards. The team at BiG Storage has clearly been working hard and have developed an outstanding facility that is a shining example of what is best in the UK."

The BiG Storage facility in Handforth opened in 2007 and boasts a storage area the size of four football pitches. The site offers flexible storage solutions to domestic and business users and gives customers unlimited access to their stored items using state of the art fingerprint security systems. For convenience, the site also has two large lifts, 4 loading bays and 3 unique drive through aisles to help customers with the unloading or loading items. The staff on site are also well trained and particular attention is given to achieving excellent customer service.

Paul Fahey co-founder of BiG Storage commented: "It is fantastic for the facility and staff to have been recognised in this way. We have been working very hard to provide customers with a top-spec and state of the art facility and we are delighted to receive an award in recognition of this."

The team at Big Storage, that has five other facilities throughout Cheshire and Lancashire, were also awarded for their support to the community which included, a Christmas Toy Appeal which saw 10,000 toys donated for distribution to local charities and hospitals; the sponsorship of the Cheshire Jets professional basket ball team which included a programme of promoting healthy living to school children; and for work undertaken by co-founder Andrew Donaldson in helping to organise a Gala Ball which raised £250,000 for the Prince's Trust. Altogether the company undertook more than twenty community orientated projects in the past 18 months in support of the local communities in which they trade.

Paul Fahey concludes: "Altogether it was a great night of BiG Storage and we are thrilled to have been recognised with these two major awards. We set out to build fantastic facilities and to be a company that works closely with its local community - we believe these two awards are recognition of some of the great work the team has done."