Lok’nStore in Milton Keynes, has announced Willen Hospice as its ‘Charity of the Year’. The self-storage company on Etheridge Avenue in Milton Keynes will support the charity from July 2012 to June 2013 through various fundraising activities involving their staff. To officially confirm this new partnership Lesley Macauley, Centre Manager of Lok’nStore Milton Keynes, presented Lynn O’Gorman of Willen Hospice with a certificate. Lesley also spent time with Lynn finding out about how local fundraising from companies like Lok’nStore is critical to the charity’s existence by ensuring the hospice raises over £4.3 million each year. She said: “We are really delighted to be forming this partnership between Willen Hospice and Lok’nStore. “With many of our customers residing in the local area, it is important for us to support the community around our centre. “To kick start our relationship with Willen Hospice, we will make a £25 donation every time the charity directs a customer to Lok’nStore and they make a reservation.” About Lok’nStore Lok’nStore is one of the leading self storage companies in the in the fast growing UK market. It has been listed on the Alternative Investment Market since June 2000, and before that was on the OFEX market since 1997. Lok’nStore opened its first self storage centre in Horsham in February 1995 since then it has grown rapidly and currently operates 22 sites in Southern England (including one managed store in Woking). Lok’nStore builds, buys or leases large warehouses or industrial buildings, sub-divides the space offering customers differing sized steel storage units to rent on a weekly basis. Around 60% of customers are households and 40% business customers. At present Lok’nStore has just over 920,000 square feet of net lettable space available, which is evenly split between freehold and leasehold. Lok’nStore’s self-storage facilities are designed to offer flexible, low cost, accessible storage space for personal and business use. Customers occupy fully enclosed storage units for their exclusive use, may freely enter their storage units during business hours and control access by providing their own locks. Lok’nStore has 24-hour security systems at all of its sites and also offers free use of trolleys and forklift trucks with qualified operators. Lok’nStore aims to give its customers a high degree of service as part of its offering. Lok’nStore’s centres are fitted out to a good standard and maintain a common design and branding. They are well located, close to major urban centres, with car parking and easy access. As well as its core self-storage business, Lok’nStore offers its customers a number of additional services such as insurance and vehicle rental and it also sells boxes and other packaging. Lok’nStore has approx 7,000 customers, none of whom accounts for more than one per cent. of Lok’nStore’s turnover. Relationships with local removal companies, van hire and “man-with-a-van” have been established at all of Lok’nStore’s sites in order to promote business. (via MKNews)]]>