#134 - Good Businesses Make The Best Out Of Good & Bad Times - Dave Davies

Dave Davies is an accomplished Self Storage and retail professional with 20-year industry experience, 17 years with SafeStore PLC at the Executive Board level. Joining at 15 stores and 40 employees, as a member of the Management Buy-Out Team in 2004 and the IPO Team in 2008, he played a major role in the companies' success and its growth to an FTSE 250 company with over 580 employees, 134 stores, and revenues of £112m and EBITDA of £64m. He is passionate about self-storage, the people who work in it, and the customers who use it. His key to a successful self-storage business is the people. Recruiting the right people with the right skills and growing their potential through effective coaching and supporting them with the right strategy, an effective sales process, a customer-led culture, and empowering them to make the right decisions are keys to both individual and business optimization.    On today’s podcast: 3:02 - Getting to know Dave Davies 5:08 – Biggest impact for Dave and his business this pandemic 11:42 – What did Dave expect this year for the industry 15:20 – How good is Dave's business this month 17:13 – Price recommendation during this time 24:15 – The KPI's he looks at 28:25 -  What to look when finding a new storage location 32:37 – This is the time to invest in the self-storage industry 37:02 – Dave talks about self-storage automation 43:03 – How to contact Dave   Contact Number: 07714 428730 Email: [email protected] Dave  Davies on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/davedavies2