A trading space that arrives ready to open
Container units have become the look of modern street food, independent coffee, pop-up bars and event trading for good reason: they’re distinctive, they’re tough, they lock up secure overnight, and they can move to wherever the trade is. For a new venture they’re a far lower-risk way to start than a fixed lease and a shop fit. For an established business they’re a mobile, branded extra pitch: a second site, a festival presence, a forecourt kiosk.
We build commercial units around the service. A coffee or street-food unit needs the right counter height, a serving hatch that opens to a queue, extraction and plumbing done to standard, and surfaces that wipe clean. A pop-up bar needs beer lines, fridges and a hatch that throws open for a crowd. A retail or office unit needs a glazed front, good light and a layout that moves customers through. We start from how you’ll trade and design the unit back from there.
Branded, secure, built to work hard
A commercial unit lives outdoors and gets used hard, so it’s built for it. The shell is insulated and finished to a standard that keeps staff comfortable through a shift in any season. The front secures with a roller shutter so the unit locks down solid overnight on a pitch or at an event. Electrics are commercial-grade, with the power, lighting and sockets a working unit needs, wired to Part P. And the exterior is built to carry your brand, with signage, vinyl wrap, lighting and a glazed shopfront, so the unit is the marketing as much as the place of trade.
Jack’s kitchen-fitting background pays off directly here: a commercial counter, a compact working galley and fitted service joinery are exactly the precise, finish-critical work he’s done for fifteen-plus years. The unit is built to look sharp on day one and keep looking it after a hard season.
Mobile, and ready when you need it
Because we hold our own container stock, the build starts when it’s agreed, which matters when you’re trying to be open for a season, a launch or an event date. And because it’s a container, the whole unit relocates: trade a forecourt in the week and an event at the weekend, or move the whole operation to a better pitch. It’s delivered nationwide on a HIAB lorry, craned into position on most sites without major groundworks, levelled and left ready to connect.
Planning and siting
Commercial and pop-up units vary a lot in how they’re treated. It depends on the site, whether it’s permanent or temporary, the use class and whether you’re on private land, a market or an event. Some temporary and event uses are straightforward; a permanent commercial siting usually needs planning and may involve Building Regs and licensing for food, drink or trading. We’ll be straight with you about what your plan is likely to need and help you scope it, but the planning, licensing and any food-hygiene registration sit with you and your local authority. (Always verify with your local planning authority and relevant licensing body.)
Priced to the brief
No two commercial units are the same, so we don’t price them off a list. Tell us what you’re trading, how you’ll serve and where it’s going, and we’ll design, build, brand, deliver and site a unit ready to open, backed by our 5-year structural guarantee on the shell, with a clear quote built around exactly what your venture needs.
