Parsons Containers were established in 2000 in Sedgefield, County Durham by two directors who both have long experience in the container business in supplying containers for shipping and freight as well as for storage and accommodation.
In 2001 U Hold The Key Self Storage was added to the business as one of the first container self storage businesses in the UK and has since grown to have ten sites and a thousand stores, mainly in the North East of England.
As web purchasing grew in popularity in 2007 the company set up a web trading business ContainerContainer to reach national markets with container supply.
Ean Parsons, Founder and Managing Director, has worked in the shipping container industry since 1984 and has been instrumental in the historic development of the business, running it since inception in 2000.
The NEDCF investment will support the company’s growth plans, enhancing its digital presence online and help the business to open four new sites for its self-storage brand, ‘U Hold the Key’, in the next 12 months.
