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Filing
The low-down on
office storage
Link 51, a subsidiary of European
storage systems manufacturer
Whittan Storage Systems Ltd, has
been designing and manufacturing
steel storage solutions in the UK for
more than 60 years, including racking,
shelving, mobile shelving, lockers,
cupboards and cabinets.
With an annual turnover of more
than £80 million and three UK
manufacturing sites in Shropshire and
theWest Midlands, it creates solutions
for a wide range of industry sectors,
from manufacturing and warehousing to
education and healthcare.
The evolving needs of commercial
offices is one of Link 51’s core areas of
expertise, and it continues to develop
filing products designed to raise office
productivity and improve access to live
and archived documents.
To find out how office storage is
adapting to radical changes in working
practices and office design, Tayla Ansell
caught up with Link 51 regional sales
manager Tracey Goodwin.
Business Info:
Why is finding the right
storage solution so important for a
business?
Tracey Goodwin:
There are two main
reasons. The first is that it enables you
to increase storage capacity. Quite
often businesses run short of storage
space, but by choosing the right storage
solution they can increase the amount
they can store on their premises. That’s
the first reason. The second is that a
good storage solution will provide the
storage capacity you want and free up
office space for more desks and more
employees.
Business Info:
What storage solutions
would you recommend for the office?
Tracey Goodwin:
If you are looking to
maximise capacity, I would suggest a
mobile storage system. A mobile storage
system gives you 70% more capacity
than standard static types of storage.
Another good option would be a rotary
storage product, which provides as much
capacity as four or five four-drawer filing
cabinets in just one unit.
Something that’s becoming really
popular in offices is low-level mobile
storage. This doesn’t need a handle to
move; you just push and pull it. Quite
often, you will find low-level mobile
storage in the centre of an office, as it
allows you to increase storage capacity
and retain an open plan environment.
I would say it offers 30% more storage
capacity than desk-side storage. Low
level mobile storage often becomes part
of the office furniture and, increasingly,
architects are building it into their office
layouts.
Another big thing for us at the
moment is the use of lockers in the
workplace.We have a range of laminate
lockers and offer a variety of colours and
a selection of locking systems depending
on what people want to use.We also have
In-Charge lockers; people can plug in a
laptop or tablet at the end of the day and
when they come in the next morning it
will be fully charged.
Business Info:
Can your storage
solutions be customised?
Tracey Goodwin:
Yes, what’s quite
exciting is that people are now looking
for something a little more bespoke
in the office environment. At Link 51,
we manufacture everything ourselves
so we can design something bespoke.
Businesses can have any colour, different
coloured shelves, different coloured
uprights and nice finishes on the end
panels. People tend to go for either
laminate to match their desking or a
nice vinyl finish on the end. Having a
drawer or shelf or a lockable unit within
a storage system is also very important.
Low-level mobile storage is one of the big growth areas in office filing
Tracey Goodwin,
regional sales
manager, Link 52
