BiG STORAGE IS BUSINESS OF THE YEAR!!!

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BiG Storage has just won the coveted title of ‘Business of the Year’ at the 2009 Warrington Business Awards held in July.

Now in its 10th year, the awards ceremony played host to many of the areas top businesses all vying for recognition at the prestigious ceremony.

The Warrington Branch of BiG Storage was launched just over 18 months ago by the Duke of Westminster and now has more than 50 businesses based and trading on the site as well as the traditional domestic self-storage users.

BiG Storage Warrington is one of five branches in the North West portfolio which also has sites at Handforth/Cheadle, Macclesfield, Chester and Morecambe. The company ethos is one whereby each branch interacts totally autonomously with regard to its policy of working with the local community and charities, but is able draw upon central resources to enable the company to operate more efficiently and cost effectively.

Business of the Year winners BiG Storage. l-r Sean Jinks, Alison Taylor and Andrew Donaldson

Since moving to Warrington BiG Storage has concentrated on a proactive approach with the local community, securing sponsorship with the Warrington Wolves, sponsoring a charity Dragon Boat Race for St. Rocco’s hospice and bringing players from basketball team the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets to deliver healthy lifestyle messages to primary schools through its Hoops for Health scheme. BiG Storage is also actively involved with the Charity JUMP, the Woolston Junior Football Club and local Scout Groups.

Partner Andrew Donaldson says ‘We are very proud and very pleased to be recognised by the Warrington Community. It has been really hard work for the past nine months but I am a great believer in ‘you get out what you put in’.

Donaldson continues ‘Our business model is to improve turnover and we have done this at a time when most businesses would be happy to stand still’.