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Purpose built security hut made from a shipping container May 2018 one of our customers Sir Robert Mcalpine asked for a purpose built security hut for one of their new sites in central London. As its a large and secure construction site they require a security hut for all staff and site visitors to pass through on their way in and out of site. Instead of making all visitors report to reception, the customer asked [...]

Shipping Container converted into a DJ Stand In the summer of 2019 and we were asked to modify a used 20ft shipping container into a DJ stand. This isn't the first time we've been asked to do this, having previously supplied a shipping container for use as a storage container during winter and as a DJ stand during the summer for the Farr Festival in Hertfordshire. This latest project was for the world cup cricket [...]

Repainting options for shipping containers Repainting a shipping container is a very popular request. We can repaint both new and used shipping containers in our network of UK depots. Some customers want a smarter used quality shipping container, and a repaint allows for this. Some customers have planning stipulations and want a specific colour to meet their planning application. Others may want the container to match closely their company colour(s) or branding. In this guide [...]

20ft High Cube Side Opening Shipping Container with a premium repaint. Last week we completed this premium repaint on a brand new 20ft high cube side opening shipping container. With our premium repaint we mask off the door seals and the vertical locking rods on the container doors to give a smarter finish. This repaint option is ideal for customers who may have their containers on display for customers or visitors to site, and who [...]

Buy your shipping containers direct from Budget Shipping Containers! With the largest online range of shipping containers for sale we feel we are the best place to buy your shipping containers direct. We have 16 depots nationwide, a 12 month wind & watertight warranty on every shipping container we sell, and with our UK fleet of crane equipped delivery vehicles we are expertly placed to supply shipping containers direct to you. Order direct from us [...]

We are very happy to announce that we now have a 'Made in the UK' badge showing on all our online ranges products that are made or manufactured in the UK Unfortunately there are no manufacturers of standard shipping containers in the UK. The only people who physically build containers in the UK make very specialized containers, often for the offshore and nuclear power generation industries. However, a large number of our flat pack containers [...]

As well as offering one of the UK's largest online range of shipping containers for sale, we also offer an excellent selection of ramps for shipping containers. Shipping containers generally have a circa 5 inch lip between ground level and the internal floor line. If you want to get anything from a wheelbarrow or sack truck up to a forklift truck into your container you will need some form of shipping container ramp. In this [...]

Staffordshire is one of the best connected counties in the UK for supplies of shipping containers. As well as a local depot in Cannock, we have other depots in the Birmingham area (Aldridge and Oldbury). For the north side of the county (Leek and Stoke areas), we also have depots in Liverpool and Manchester. We have new, used and refurbished shipping containers of all sizes for sale and can deliver throughout Staffordshire and the rest [...]

GoPro Shipping Container Marketing Campaign in Val Thorens, France. Spotted in Val Thorens, part of the 3 valleys Ski resort in France, GoPro are using this 20ft side opening shipping container for an on piste marketing suite and dare we say it 'chill out zone'. This 20ft wide opening container can easy be closed and locked up overnight, keeping the bean bangs and other gear safe and dry. The doors are then fully opened during [...]