Plans are afoot for a major Grade A urban logistics space on a four-acre site on Factory Lane in Croydon, south London which could create up to 250 jobs. A joint venture between developer Chancerygate and SGN Place, the property development subs…
Palletways has launched a direct injection hub drop service aimed at reducing transit miles and delivery times. The launch of Palletways’ Hubdrop follows a successful pilot carried out earlier this year by the network, with the service now being…
Parcel carrier Yodel is opening a new 161,900 sq ft depot in Huyton, near Liverpool, after seeing record growth last year. Announcing the move, Yodel said this latest investment is part of plans to continue expanding nationwide operations, with …
DHL has announced the start of construction on its new £230m hub in SEGRO Park Coventry. The new facility will double DHL’s handling capacity and is expected to create 650 new jobs for the area. This latest project is part of DHL’s £482m investm…
Parcel delivery firm Evri is to open a £60m parcel sortation hub in Barnsley next Tuesday (20 September). Named Colossus, the 341,000 sq ft facility is said to be the biggest of its kind in Europe and will sort 1.1 million parcels a day for onwa…
Parcel delivery firm Evri, formerly known as Hermes UK, is celebrating the opening of its new Gatwick depot by donating £2,000 to St Catherine’s Hospice. Hospice worker Emma Peadon received the donation from depot manager Stephen Byrnes, in the …
Marshall Fleet Solutions is expanding its UK operations with the opening of a new flagship depot in Tamworth, West Midlands. The multi-million-pound facility, totalling 26,000 sq m, was declared officially open for business with a ribbon cutting…
Evri will open a new depot in Plymouth next month, creating over 50 jobs in the area. It said the development was part of its commitment to investing in infrastructure to support the growth in online shopping. The new site is on the Parkway indu…
Davies Turner is building a 140,000sq ft logistics hub on the edge of Atherstone in the West Midlands. It said the multi-user hub would rival in size its largest site in Avonmouth and will feature a high bay fully racked area, with a top locatio…
Wincanton has made a multi-million-pound investment in 48 autonomous mobile robots to accelerate its e-commerce capabilities. It said the new AMR fleet would provide it with greater flexibility in its operations, enabling it to better manage the…
Fortec Distribution has launched a logistics depot at its Watford Gap site. Launched in December 2021, the depot will now operate as part of both the Fortec and Pall-Ex distribution networks offering delivery services to manufacturers and distri…
Fortec Distribution Network has seen an investment of £430,000 in its Northamptonshire hub in a move to improve efficiency and capacity. The bulk of the investment has been spent on a new fleet of 36 forklift trucks from Still, with an additiona…
Industrial real estate developer Panattoni is fast tracking plans for a 199,672sq ft speculative, last-mile logistics development in Crawley, in response to strong and rising demand for warehousing. The detailed planning application for Panatton…
Real estate developer Panattoni has submitted plans for one of the largest speculative logistics facilities in South Yorkshire. The application is for a 417570 sq ft facility next to Doncaster Sheffield Airport. It said it had acquired the 18.4-…