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Update on Covid-19
Update on Covid-19.
About this update from Safestore Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 4940I\n Safestore Holdings plc\n 02 April 2020\n \n \n \n \n 2 April 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n Safestore Holdings plc\n \n \n \n \n \n (\"Safestore\", \"the Company\" or \"the Group\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Update on Covid-19 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Further to the Company's announcement on 18 March 2020, Safestore provides the following update.\n \n \n \n \n \n At Safestore, the health and well-being of our customers and colleagues is our absolute priority. Following governments' recent announcements regarding restrictions of movement, we have implemented strict safeguarding measures across our portfolio, in line with government guidance in each geography, to maintain social distancing and ensure we can operate safely, protect our staff, and allow necessary access for our customers. \n \n \n \n \n \n All our stores in the UK, Paris, Barcelona and the Netherlands are currently open or accessible but the reception areas are closed, the staffing and opening hours have been reduced and we have removed the provision of services that involve person-to-person contact. Access to our stores is largely automated and, in general, the premises have relatively low footfall. \n We are supporting our employees with alternative means of transport to work where public transport continues to be a challenge.\n \n \n \n \n \n The process for new enquiries remains unchanged with customers able to enquire via our website or phone, and we have adjusted the new let process so that ID checks will now take place electronically. In addition, we have intensified the daily cleaning levels of our stores, especially commonly touched areas.\n \n \n \n \n \n It is our intention to continue to pay all our employees' salaries as usual throughout the crisis.\n \n \n \n \n \n In line with UK Government guidance relating to storage and points of delivery facilities, our UK stores remain open as they provide important support to small business customers and companies engaged in key supply chains including healthcare, food industry suppliers and infrastructure support such as electrical and mechanical repair providers. \n \n \n \n \n \n While COVID-19 continues to create uncertainty, we are monitoring developments daily to ensure we adhere to government advice in each of our geogra...