Cleveland Containers Returns for Farm Business Innovation 2024

On Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th November 2024, we’ll be descending on the NEC, Birmingham for this year’s Farm Business Innovation Show.

The show is dedicated to empowering farmers, landowners and agricultural professionals with the knowledge, tools and inspiration to drive innovation, diversification and growth in their businesses.

Our expert team will be on stand FM350, where we’ll be displaying two 20ft New (One Trip) Shipping Containers. One of which will be modified as a multistore partitioned into four individual sections.

The sales team will be available to discuss BOX+, our support service tailored for self storage operators which connects them with industry suppliers and aids growth through exclusive offers and guidance.

Self storage is a growing industry in the UK, and last year saw a turnover of £1.08 billion. It is a great market for farmers and landowners to explore as a way to diversify their businesses and utilise spare land to create alternate income.

Former dairy farmer, Andrew Cumming, travelled to the Farm Business Innovation show last year to gain ideas on what he could do with his unused land to generate additional revenue. After visiting our stand and talking to our sales team, he left the event feeling inspired and began his journey of diversification into self storage. He promptly ordered ten 20ft shipping containers to get him started and Poplar Storage Solutions was born. View his story below.

As keynote theatre sponsors, we will be presenting ‘Self Storage: The Ultimate Hands-Free Business’ on both days at the Cleveland Containers theatre.

Lewis Pennicott, Marketing Director at Cleveland Containers and three top industry experts will discuss the essential areas to consider when launching a profitable, hands-free and secure self storage business. Attend the event to discover the key steps to turn your spare land into a reliable and recurring revenue stream.

Lewis will be joined by Emily Temple, Founder and Owner of ET Planning, Gavin Shields, Founder and CEO of Stora, and Ant Hebblethwaite, Sales Manager at DSOC.

All panellists have been guests on our Chatterbox podcast discussing their companies and areas of expertise to help self storage operators succeed. View Emily Temple’s episode on how to gain planning permission for a self storage site below.

In March, we co-hosted a live webinar with Gavin Shields from Stora, in collaboration with Farmers Weekly - Create dependable, recurring income by turning spare land into a hands-free self storage business.

We look forward to meeting customers old and new, and discussing how our BOX+ service for self storage operators can support their business and help them grow.

Register here for your free ticket to the event.