You rent the unit; we run the transport. Collection, loading and stacking in retrieval order, part-load retrievals and full redelivery, every run priced on a published hourly card from £140, with the unit contract kept where it belongs: between your business and the operator.
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Business storage with us is transport, from £140 a run. You rent the unit from an operator in your own business name; our crew collects your stock, archives or equipment, stacks the unit in retrieval order, brings part-loads back when you need them and redelivers everything when the unit closes. Transport is priced on a published card (Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85, 3 Men £100, 2-hour minimum). The rent is a second bill, between you and the operator. We do not run a storage facility.
Real totals for the runs businesses actually book, worked from the published card. These figures are the transport only; what the unit itself costs is covered in the next section, and household storage is on our storage solutions page.
| Storage run | Crew | Typical time | Typical total |
|---|---|---|---|
| First load-in for a small unit: archive boxes and a few desks from one office | 2 Men | 2 hours (minimum) | £170 |
| Stock overflow load-in: a full van of cartons and racking for a 50 to 100 sq ft unit | 2 Men | 3 to 4 hours | £255 to £340 |
| Palletised load-in: several pallets of stock, tail-lift work at both ends | 3 Men | 4 to 5 hours | £400 to £500 |
| Part-load retrieval: a few pallets or boxes brought back to the premises | Driver Help | 2 hours (minimum) | £140 |
| Retrieval with a restack: half the unit comes out, the rest is restacked in order | 2 Men | 2 to 3 hours | £170 to £255 |
| Full redelivery day: the unit emptied and delivered to your new premises | 2 Men | 6 to 8 hours | £510 to £680 |
Illustrations, worked from our published hourly card (Driver Help £70, 2 Men £85, 3 Men £100 per hour, 2-hour minimum), checked October 2026. Your written quote confirms the total for each run before you book it. Included beside every price: collection, loading, unloading and carrying at both ends, blankets and straps, stacking in retrieval order, and fuel and mileage within London. Add £5 per floor where the carry at your premises is by stairs and tell us the floors when you ask for the quote, so the charge is in the quote, not a surprise on the day. The unit’s rent is not in these figures: it is your own separate contract with the operator, priced by them.
Business storage is two contracts, and keeping them separate is what keeps both honest. Here is what sits on each side.
Why it matters to a business: two invoices that never mix. The operator bills the rent on their terms; we bill the runs on ours. Your accounts team files each where it belongs, your stock never sits in a mover’s own warehouse on a mover’s terms, and if you change operator, the transport simply runs to the new unit.
Six situations cover most of it. Each starts with your list and the unit you have rented, or are about to rent.
Usually 2 Men, 3 to 4 hours for the load-in
The stockroom is full a month before the stock is. Overflow cartons and pallets go into your unit before the peak, come back in part-loads while you trade through it, and the unit closes when the season ends. Each movement is a booked run, priced before it happens.
Usually 2 Men, 2 to 3 hours
Boxed files that have to be kept but not kept close. We collect from the office and stack the unit in the order your own inventory uses, so a retrieval for an audit or a client file is one run to one labelled section, not a morning of digging. Retention and data protection stay your responsibilities; the boxes stay under your contract.
Load out, then phased delivery, each run quoted
Out of the old office on the day it has to be empty, into your unit, and out again in phases when the new office is ready: desks and IT first, archives and surplus furniture once you know what fits. The gap is storage; the moves at both ends are ordinary office removals.
Usually 2 Men, 3 to 4 hours each way
Fixtures, rails, shelving and stock out of the shop so the fitters get a clear floor, held in your unit for the length of the refit, then back in the order the shop is rebuilt. The unit sits near the shop, not near us: choose the operator that suits the refit, and we run the transport around their access hours.
Out for one show, back the same week
Stands, cases and display kit earn their money a few weeks a year and take up space the rest of it. Into your unit between shows, out as a part-load retrieval when the next show comes, and back again after. Labelled cases travel as they are; loose display items get wrapped for the van.
Usually Driver Help or 2 Men at the minimum
Kit between contracts, furniture between tenants in a furnished office, the spare desks nobody wants to sell. Small loads at the 2-hour minimum, stacked so the next use is a single retrieval rather than a clear-out.
The difference between a stored unit and a working one is the stacking. A unit loaded in the order things came off the van is a unit you have to empty to reach the back. We stack in retrieval order instead: what you will need first, seasonal stock, the stand for the next show, the file run for the audit, sits by the door; heavy and stable goes low; a working aisle is left in bigger units; and every stack is labelled to your own inventory as it goes in, then checked off with your person before the door closes.
Labelling follows your system, not ours. If your stock has SKUs, your archives have box references and your kit has case numbers, those are the labels the crew works to, and the quote for a retrieval asks for the reference, not a description. If there is no system yet, a simple numbered list made on the day beats a perfect one that never happens.
Access stays with your business throughout. Your staff hold the codes and keys under your operator contract; on a run day your person meets the crew or opens up, which keeps the record of who has been in the unit exactly as the operator’s own logs show it. We do not hold keys or codes as a service, and we do not visit your unit without your person there.
If your business already owns racking, shelving or stillages, the crew carries them and stands them in the unit as part of the stack, and shelves can be loaded in place where the design allows. What we do not do is supply or install a storage system: racking is part of your fit-out, bought or hired with the operator or your own supplier, and it needs to be at the unit before the load-in so the stacking plan allows for it.
Every operator publishes a prohibited list, and it governs. The usual exclusions are perishable food, fuel and other flammables, gas cylinders, chemicals and anything living; for businesses the borderline cases are aerosols, paints and solvents, and lithium batteries in quantity. Check borderline stock against the operator’s list before the load-in: a load the operator refuses is a wasted run, and the decision is theirs, not ours.
The operator sells the size; this guide just translates it into loads. Sizes are floor area at about 8 feet of stacking height, and two businesses of the same size hold very different amounts.
Holds
About 50 archive boxes, or a small stock overflow
Best For
Records, samples, a market stall’s kit
Holds
About 100 archive boxes, or a small stockroom
Best For
E-commerce overflow, seasonal stock
Holds
4 to 5 pallets, or a small office’s furniture
Best For
Office gaps, retail stock rooms
Holds
8 to 10 pallets, or the contents of a full office
Best For
Wholesale stock, refit holding
Holds
Multiple pallets, machinery and large equipment
Best For
Larger operations and trade kit
Picking the wrong size is normal, and operators generally let you swap up or down as the load changes, so an estimate is not a trap. Our room-by-room storage size guide works through the sizes in more detail.
One honest note on stock and packaging you are finished with. We move goods to your premises, to a unit, or to a person or organisation you name. We are a removals firm, not a licensed waste carrier, so we do not take stock, packaging or equipment away for disposal. For disposal, a registered waste carrier is the legal route, any carrier can be checked free on the Environment Agency public register, and the duty of care for the waste stays with your business.
Four steps per run, whether it is the first load-in, a part-load retrieval or the day the unit closes.
What is going into storage, where it is collected from, and the unit’s address, size and access hours. If you have not rented the unit yet, send the list anyway: the run is priced from the load and the distance, and the unit choice is yours.
The quote comes back in writing with the crew size, the time the run should take and the total, valid for 7 days. Booking takes no deposit. Retrievals later are quoted the same way, as their own runs.
Your person opens the unit and stays as the contact; the crew collects, protects and transports the load, then stacks it in retrieval order and checks it off against your inventory before the door closes.
Part-loads come out as booked runs from £140, with what stays behind restacked in order. When the unit closes, a full redelivery run takes everything back to the premises you name.
| Point of comparison | The typical way | With Vano Removals |
|---|---|---|
| The unit | Part of a bundle: your stock held in the mover’s space, on the mover’s terms, under the mover’s access | Rented by you from an operator in your business name; your contract, your terms, your access |
| Who carries | Your own staff in a hired van, with the day rate, the fuel and the deposit on a card | Our crew collects, loads, transports and stacks, at every tier including Driver Help |
| The price | A storage figure with transport folded in, so neither half can be checked against anything | Two bills kept apart: our transport as a worked total in writing, the operator’s rent at their rate |
| The stacking | In the order it came off the van, so the thing you need is behind everything else | In retrieval order, labelled to your inventory, with what you need first by the door |
| Getting things back | Everything out in one redelivery, or another trip in your own van | Part-load retrievals as booked runs from £140, and the rest restacked in order behind them |
| Access | Arranged through whoever is holding your goods, in their hours | Yours, under your operator contract; we hold no keys and visit only with your person there |
Based on the published prices and terms of London van hire, self-storage operators and bundled business storage offers, checked October 2026. The full four-way comparison of every way of moving goods is on our compare page.
Content updated October 2026. Transport prices from our published hourly card, checked October 2026. Unit rent averages are Self Storage Association UK figures reported in October 2026 and are the operators’ prices, not ours. Unit sizes, access arrangements and prohibited items are each operator’s own, confirmed on your contract with them.
Send the list of what is going into storage, the address it is collected from, and the unit’s address and access hours. The quote comes back in writing with the crew, the time and the total for the run. No deposit, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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Common questions about business storage transport, cost first. If you do not see yours, call us. We are happy to help.
Published rates, a written quote for every run, and no deposit. The fastest way to price a load-in or a retrieval is to send your list and the unit’s address.
07459 180023There are two bills, and only one of them is ours. Our transport is priced on the published card: Driver Help £70 per hour, 2 Men £85 per hour, 3 Men £100 per hour, with a 2-hour minimum on every run. A first load-in for a small unit is usually £170 with 2 Men at the minimum; a stock overflow load-in usually runs £255 to £340; a part-load retrieval starts at £140; and a full redelivery day, the unit emptied back to your premises, is usually £510 to £680. The unit rent is the second bill: your own contract with the operator you choose, at their price. No deposit, and every run is confirmed as a total in a written quote before you book it.
No. We do not run a storage facility, for businesses any more than for households. You rent the unit from an operator in your own business name, on your own contract, and the access, the terms and the rent stay between you and the operator. Our part is everything that moves: collection from your premises, loading, transport, stacking into the unit in the order you will need things back, part-load retrievals, and the redelivery run when the unit closes. If you have not chosen an operator yet, pick the unit first and then book the run in: the transport price depends on where the unit is and how much is going in.
As a guide, at roughly 8 feet of stacking height: 25 sq ft holds about 50 archive boxes or a small stock overflow; 50 sq ft holds about 100 archive boxes or the contents of a small stockroom; 100 sq ft holds 4 to 5 pallets or the furniture from a small office; 200 sq ft holds 8 to 10 pallets, the contents of a full office or a shop’s worth of fixtures. The size is the operator’s to sell you, not ours, and operators generally let you swap up or down as the load changes. Our storage calculator and room-by-room size guide give a closer answer for your list, and your written quote for the run in is based on the load, not the unit size.
Yes, that is the core of the service. We collect from your office, shop, warehouse or site, load and protect everything for the journey, and stack the unit in retrieval order: what you will need first sits by the door, heavy items sit low, and archive boxes are stacked in the sequence your own inventory uses, labelled as we go. A unit stacked in the order it was loaded is a unit you have to empty to find anything; a unit stacked for retrieval gives you the front third back every time you visit.
Yes. Part-load retrievals are a normal part of business storage: a few pallets of stock for a promotion, the exhibition stand for one show, twenty archive boxes for an audit. Each retrieval is its own booked run on the card, from £140 at the 2-hour minimum with Driver Help, and the crew restacks what stays behind so the unit is left in order. Tell us what is coming out when you book, and where in the unit it sits if you know, and the run is planned around it.
You do. The unit is your contract, so the access rights, the gate codes and the keys stay with your business and the staff you authorise with the operator. We do not hold keys or codes as a service. On a run day, someone from your business meets the crew at the unit or opens up for them, which keeps the chain of who has been in your unit exactly as your operator’s records show it. If several staff need access, that is arranged between you and the operator; it does not change the transport.
Insurance is as stated in your written quote: ask us to confirm in writing.
No. We carry racking, shelving and stillages if your business already owns them, and we will stand them in the unit as part of the stack, but we do not supply or install a storage system. If the unit needs racking, buy or hire it as part of your arrangement with the operator or your own supplier, have it at the unit before the load-in, and tell us it is there so the stacking plan allows for it.
The operator’s rules govern, and every operator publishes a prohibited list. The usual exclusions are perishable food, fuel and other flammables, gas cylinders, chemicals, illegal items and anything living. If your stock includes anything borderline, aerosols, lithium batteries in quantity, paints and solvents are the common ones for businesses, check it against the operator’s list before the load-in, because a load the operator refuses is a wasted run. We load what the operator accepts; we do not decide their list.
Separately, which is the point. Our written quote covers the transport runs only and states what is included in them: the crew, the van, loading, unloading, carrying and stacking, and fuel within London. The operator’s invoice covers the unit: rent, their terms, and any contents protection you take with them. Their pricing, including how they show VAT, is theirs; ours is the transport total in your quote. Two contracts, two invoices, and no figure that mixes the two, so your accounts team can file each where it belongs.
Yes, and it is one of the most common business storage jobs. We clear the old office into your unit on the move-out date, stacked so the essentials sit by the door, and deliver out of the unit in phases when the new office is ready: desks and IT first, archives and surplus furniture when you know what fits. Each run is quoted separately on the card. Our office removals page covers the move itself; this page covers the gap in the middle of it.
Send us the list of what is going into storage, the address it is collected from, and the unit’s address and access hours. The quote comes back in writing, valid for 7 days, with each run priced as a total. There is no deposit to book, cancellation is free up to 24 hours before a run, and payment is at the time of service. If the load grows or shrinks between booking and the day, tell us: the quote is based on your list, and a load that has doubled takes longer than the run that was priced.
Storing between addresses? Send both postcodes and the unit’s address with your quote request and every run is confirmed in writing.
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