Paul Dixon is a brave man! He left his thriving logistics business – warehousing and long-distance transport - in South Africa in the hands of trusted partners, and is now embarking on another logistics based business: an easyStorage franchise. This time he will be helping the areas of Milton Keynes, Northampton, Bicester, Banbury, Kettering, Leamington Spa and beyond.

easyStorage finds that the ethical franchise model that they adopt means that the people at the front line have some ‘skin in the game’ - one of the big reasons that the company’s TrustPilot scores are excellent.

And it was that brand and reputation that drew Paul to the business, along with the ‘making it easy’ concept of collecting and delivering for customers, and taking the stress out of storage. He is acutely aware that sometimes people’s reasons for storing are not always happy ones. And that packing is not a task people love! Death, divorce and disaster are often the underlying reason for storage, and Paul is determined to make that easier for people. As an astute businessman, he is well aware that many are having to close their businesses, hit hard by COVID restrictions.

Just three years ago he moved to the UK with his wife and three children from South Africa to Buckingham, England. It’s ‘back to his roots’ as both of his parents are from Yorkshire (so fortunately he ‘gets’ English humour, and it’s not been a huge culture shock). His eldest daughter is at University in Nottingham, his youngest is at school, and his son Liam is about to join him running the easyStorage business.

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There are two other family members we shouldn’t forget to mention: their two well behaved cats have come with them from South Africa. Apparently they cost more to bring here than the family!

With a family and two businesses making demands on his time, Paul enjoys spending his down time cycling around the gorgeous British countryside, and makes sure he stays fit in the gym.

Coming from South Africa, we asked him what had surprised him about the move. His answer will amaze us all: efficient government departments! Whilst they can always be improved, he’s found the ‘red tape’ part of things works surprisingly efficiently. This is always good to hear.

That South African red tape has obviously taught him patience. He originally heard about easyStorage from the landlord of his offices – one of his friends was applying for a franchise. Paul found out more and applied – but unfortunately there were already two other parties being considered for the franchise area. (Our franchisees all live in the areas that their businesses are in). So from initial contact to finally being the franchise partner of choice, Paul has waited two years to launch.  

We want to give him a big warm easyStorage welcome. With those levels of experience and determination – and of course a dose of English humour - we know he’s going to do a sterling job.

Welcome to the easyStorage family, Paul!