A FIRM with a Basingstoke base is up for a national award.

Basingstoke self-storage facility Store & Secure, based in Houndmills Road, has been shortlisted as one of four finalists in this year’s UK self-storage industry awards, in the Best Independent Facility UK section.

The awards are held by the Self Storage Association United Kingdom (SSA UK).

Facility manager Kevin Chandler said: “Making the finals is a great achievement – we are, of course, over the moon – and it’s even better because this is the first time we have entered the competition as we’re just two years old.

“This year’s winner will be announced at the SSA UK awards dinner on September 6 in London, we’ll be there to see if we have won the award.

“If we do win, we will then be shortlisted for the European Self Storage Awards which take place in Paris on September 28.”

Self-storage companies entering the awards are judged on various aspects, including what makes the business stand out from the rest and how it meets the needs of its local market.

Store & Secure’s self-storage facility in Bournemouth won the UK award in both 2014 and 2017, and the European award in 2014.