Cracking down on criminals who target the self storage industry

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The SSA UK, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), National Trading Standards and London Trading Standards have teamed up to launch a new code of practice to reduce the appeal of self storage facilities for criminals who deal in counterfeit and other illicit goods.

The Tick Box: Keep it Real Keep it Legal code of practice sets out simple procedures aimed at preventing the fraudulent storage of counterfeit and other illicit or unsafe goods, while helping self storage facility owners be sure of who is really using their premises.

Counterfeit goods are being seized either in, or in transit to, self storage facilities and this scheme aims to identify individuals and recover the goods before they enter the marketplace.

The scheme is already yielding results, with targeted enforcement action disrupting criminal networks with the seizure of thousands of counterfeit items, estimated to be worth millions of pounds to criminals.

Storage facilities that participate in the scheme are provided with the ‘Tick Box’ logo and posters to display within the premises, to act as an assurance to legitimate customers and a deterrent to anyone attempting to store counterfeit goods. 

Forty-five local and national self storage providers have already signed up (August 2021) to the first phase of the code of practice, which has seen over 1,200 self storage facility staff receive additional training under the scheme. The next phase will see the scheme continue to be rolled out across the UK.

Interested in getting involved? Please visit https://tick-box.org.uk/about-the-campaign/ 

SSA UK Members who are participating in the campaign are:

Access Self Storage Adams Self Storage Admiral Self Storage
Apex Self Storage Armadillo Storage Attic Self Storage
Barn Store Beyond Storage Big Padlock (Wrexham)
Big Yellow blue self storage Blue Space Self Storage
Border Caravan Storage Britannia Beckwith Britannia Lanes Self Storage
Britannia Legerstar Self Storage Ltd Bullmans Shipping Containers BWI Storage Ltd
Camel Self Storage Cathedral Self Storage Cookes Storage Service
Custom Storage Solutions Dash Self Storage Derbyshire Self Storage Ltd
Eversley Storage FOX GROUP (MOVING & STORAGE) Ltd Go Self Storage
Guardian Self Store Harrogate Self Storage Ltd Hogleaze Self Storage Ltd
Hold Self Storage Horncastle Self Storage Innerspaces Self Storage Ltd
Kangaroo Self Storage Keepsafe Storage Centres Lens Self Storage
LOCK IT SELF STORAGE LTD Lock-Box Self Storage Louth Self Storage
M Store Self Storage Make Space Self Storage Mega Store
My Secure Selfstore.com MyLockUp Newquay Self Storage
Ready Steady Store Red Rose Storage Rent Container
Rhondda Self Storage Rugeley Self Storage Limited Safe & Dry Storage
Safestore Self Storage Space Shurgard Self Storage
Southfield Storage Space Station Self Storage Speedy Storage
Springfield Self Storage Star Self Store Stock N Lock Self Storage
Storage King Storage Team Limited Storage World Self Storage
Store & Secure Ltd Store and go selfstorage Store24 Self Storage
Storebox Self Storage Suffolk Self Storage Sure Store
Surrey Storage Solutions LTD T & H Container Storage Ltd The Container Team
The Self Storage Company Titan Storage Solutions Ltd U Can Store It Self Storage
U Lock It Self Storage U Store U Lock Vanguard Self Storage
We Store Cornwall Wigwam Self Storage Your Room Self Storage Ltd

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