Wren Kitchens has submitted revised plans for a distribution centre at Great Hallingbury, close to Junction 8 of the M11, after the original scheme was turned down last year. The proposed development would replace Wren’s current site at Stansted…
Invesco Real Estate and Barwood Capital have teamed up to build a £300m portfolio of up to eight urban/last mile industrial and logistics warehouses across the UK. The partnership has already acquired its first two sites, including a four-acre p…
Pallet-Track’s Wigan hub has hit its two millionth pallet milestone less than five years after it opened. The 70,000sq ft Ashton-in-Makerfield site was selected because of its close proximity to the motorway network and initially engaged with 30…
Panattoni has fully let its 1.7 million sq ft logistics park in Northampton after signing lease agreements for the last two units with iForce and Hotel Chocolat. E-fulfilment provider iForce has signed a 10-year lease for 376,915sq ft and Hotel …
The rise in online shopping and courier activities over the last decade means there are now 11 local authority districts in the UK where transport and storage has become the dominant industry, official figures reveal. The Office for National Sta…
Transport and logistics is leading the field in terms of the number of new business premises opening up – thanks to the boom in postal and courier services. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the sector has expanded f…
Construction firm Glencar has landed a contract to construct 155,000sq ft of industrial and distribution space in Croydon for occupation in early 2023. The Grade A development, which will offer a range of units from 5,000 to 85,000sq ft, is bein…
Parcel company Evri, formerly known as Hermes UK, is opening a new distribution depot near Gatwick airport. The new 81,671sq ft facility, located at Manor Royal, will almost double the size of the existing depot, and will be operational later th…
Property developer Prologis has been granted planning permission for a new logistics facility on its industrial estate in Minworth, West Midlands. The plans include the demolition of an obsolete unit on the Prologis Park Midpoint and the constru…
Half a million square feet of logistics space across three units is being developed this year on an industrial estate in Peterborough, in what has been described as one of the UK’s fastest growing regions. The 21-acre site at the Peterborough So…
Supermarket retailer The Co-op is strengthening its core logistics operation in North Lanarkshire with the pre-let of a new facility at Link Park in Newhouse, on the M8 east of Glasgow. The Co-op has taken 47,565 sq ft distribution facility with…
Trading of DX Group’s shares on AIM has been “temporarily suspended” pending publication of the company’s annual audited accounts. However, day-to-day business is continuing at the company, which today announced the opening of another two depots…
Logistics company Shears Bros. (Transport) Ltd has opened a new transport facility and recruited a new general manager. The new transport hub is located on Bournemouth Airport’s Aviation Business Park, just a few hundred metres from the Shears’ …
e-Commerce logistics firm fulfilmentcrowd has met growing demand from SME retailers by opening three sites in the UK and Europe. It said capacity would increase by 48% over the next 12 months and 25 jobs would be created after it opened centres …