eKourier Oct 2010

The New KSS Web Site Launches Soon

I last wrote to everyone in the January 2010 Kourier. Since that time we have teamed up with a company called Vision Tech Digital who won the tender to build our new web site. They have been working away presenting designs and writing code. Key aims for the web site were for it to be easy to use, easy to find on search engines such as Google and to be able to read and write to StorMan.

An overview will be provided when you attend Skillbuilder.

The new site will launch once Storman v8.2 has become operational and we’ve completed all of our testing. Darryl Hodgson

Lower Costs leads to Improved Company Performance and Better Profit Share

K ennards Self Storage is embarking on a The initiative was the result of rising electricity costs, which, as we all know, will continue to rise as the world faces growing demand for energy resources. As a business it’s critical that we remain vigilant of rising costs, so that we can pursue and implement strategies that will slow or remove these costs and maintain a profitable and sustainable business. The program involves an audit of all lighting and energy consuming equipment at each property, in conjunction with the properties energy bills to determine a consumption model. National Program to review and assess the energy consumption in each of our self storage properties.

This model is then changed to introduce energy saving globes, and a number of energy saving actions such as timers. These changes provide significant savings on electricity across each site and in turn across the company. Parramatta was the first property to be assessed showing savings of around $5,500 per annum. Currently the government is contributing money (in NSW) to encourage any business looking to reduce their energy consumption, making the initiative very cost effective. If you consider the savings at Parramatta across the entire company, it amounts to significant savings. We should all be looking at our costs to find similar opportunities to save money, increase profitability and in turn our profit share, a nice way to be able to share in these initiatives. Darren Marshall

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Kennards Kourier October 2010