DETAILS OF SERVICES OFFERED BY
LONDON ARCHIVES LIMITED

We store documents in standard sized archive boxes and currently the number of boxes per customer ranges from 10 up to about 2,000.
Our largest customers are solicitors and management consultants but we store documents and computer tapes/discs from a wide range of businesses and private individuals.

Other details are as follows:-

a. Storage/retrieval: Storage and retrieval is generally carried out by our own staff because our main warehouse contains confidential documents from many different clients, and obviously part of our service is that the confidentiality is maintained.

b. Size and shape of boxes: The standard box we use is that manufactured by Fellowes and measures (externally) about 450 x 375 x 260mm and our rates of storage are linked to this.
We can accommodate other irregular shapes, such as rolls of drawings, by special arrangement, but their storage cost is usually calculated on how many standard box spaces they take up.

c. Placing additional material in storage: This can be done whenever you like. We can take in new boxes or we can insert documents into boxes which you already have in store, just as you prefer.

d. Arrangement for retrieval of documents: We deliver and collect non-urgent documents for storage once a week, currently on a Wednesday. Otherwise we will collect or retrieve items within 24 hours or, if urgent, we will arrange to have items sent by courier within an hour or two, for which there would normally be an extra charge.

e. General Security: All our storage areas are securely locked at all times unless one of our staff is working in the area. The storage areas are dry and well ventilated. Some of the documents in storage have been here for more than nine years and have suffered no apparent deterioration.

Our storage records are maintained by computer. We do not offer insurance cover. However you may find that your current office policy covers off site storage.

f. Shredding: We also offer a shredding service. Prices are based on a standard size sack, which holds about the contents of one filing cabinet drawer. We will deliver free of charge as many sacks as you think you will need. When they are ready for collection just give us a call and we will come and pick them up A certificate of destruction will be issued once the documents are destroyed, usually within one week.