10 uses for Shipping Containers you might not have thought of

Published on September 25, 2020

Can you think of alternative uses for shipping containers? When you look at a shipping container you might just see a giant steel box that is used to move goods all around the world. But look a bit harder and you will discover a whole list of other possibilities and uses for humble shipping containers that will make life a bit more organised, efficient, and more interesting. We know this might take a little bit [...]

How to use Shipping Containers to create memorable events

Published on September 16, 2020

The global events industry has taken a huge knock in 2020 after COVID19 restrictions and social distancing prevented gatherings of large groups of people. Smaller events are beginning to open up again, and now the events industry faces a new challenge as event organisers and PR teams search for new ways to make their events not only safe but memorable for the right reasons. Here at Budget Shipping Containers, we have helped many events organisers [...]

The Best Places to Eat Out in a Shipping Container

Published on August 26, 2020

Eat out to help out in a Shipping Container! Eating out has become a bit of a luxury in 2020. After most of the world was placed into lockdown, bars, cafes, and restaurants across the UK were forced to close. As our favourite places to eat began to reopen the UK Government even introduced a 50% discount scheme to encourage us to Eat Out to Help Out in August 2020! Although the campaign is almost [...]

How Can Shipping Containers Help Business Adapt After Coronavirus?

Published on August 20, 2020

How businesses might adapt to a post-COVID world has become a popular topic for discussion recently, and at Budget Shipping Containers we have plenty of suggestions and expertise to advise business owners who might need to innovate with a new set up. Here we have some suggestions of businesses we have worked with, and some we have come across in real-life and online. Surf School equipment storage We made this discovery while enjoying a recent [...]

10 Cool Shipping Container Getaways for a Socially Distant Holiday

Published on July 30, 2020

Thanks to coronavirus, most summer holidays will look a bit different this year. The great British ‘Staycation’ is all the rage, and self-catering accommodation in the UK is more popular than ever. A holiday is about getting away from it all and experiencing a change of scene, so if we cannot travel as far as we’d like to, we can still look for somewhere unusual and exciting to stay. So instead of camping in a [...]

Alternatives to Side Opening Shipping Containers

Published on July 27, 2020

20ft and 40ft side opening shipping containers open up along their full length. This makes them the most convenient option for easy-access storage. These are not commonly used for shipping and are produced in much smaller numbers than standard (end-opening) containers. Due to the additional engineering and strength required for the side opening door construction, these tend to be the higher priced option in their size (excluding some very specialised offshore containers), and are very [...]

1001 Uses for a Shipping Container #195: An Escape Room!

Published on July 20, 2020

Escape Rooms have become increasingly popular in recent years. The aim of the game is for a group of players to be locked into a themed room where they must face a number of challenges and work together to solve puzzles and collect clues to find a way out - it’s a little bit like the Crystal Maze but without Richard O’Brien. Escape Rooms have been popping up around the UK for a while. They [...]

Ultimate Guide To The Perfect Shipping Container Man Cave Or She Shed

Published on July 13, 2020

Man Caves” and “She Sheds” have been around for many years. For someone who has the extra space, they can be the perfect getaway right inside the house. A new trend, however, is to create that perfect getaway inside metal shipping containers. There are many reasons that customized shipping containers are becoming more and more popular, but here are a few of the main reasons: Cost - Customised shipping container sanctuaries can be much cheaper [...]

Shipping Container Acoustics

Published on July 6, 2020

Shipping Containers have found uses in recent times that their original designers could never have imagined! The humble steel boxes have become stylish houses, offices, mushroom farms and paintball kiosks, to name but a few. Here we look at a sample of the projects where shipping containers have been used for their acoustic properties. Budget Shipping Containers have been involved with some of these examples, other have been designed and built entirely by the user. [...]

Can you turn a shipping container into a workshop?

Published on June 22, 2020

Shipping Containers can be converted to make the perfect workshop. Workshops need to be secure, sturdy, and robust which makes a steel shipping container an ideal base to build one, without actually having to ‘build’ anything! During the coronavirus outbreak, we have received many enquiries from people who are stuck at home in lockdown needing workshop space. Businesses and amateur enthusiasts alike are searching for new workshop space and they have identified shipping containers as [...]