articleThe role of outsourcing in logistics has undergone significant transformation in recent years, with brands and retailers increasingly relying on third-party partners to navigate a more complex business landscape, says Emma Verkaik.
articleAfter the unpredictability of the past few years, the UK’s cold chain professionals have been afforded a little more opportunity to plan for the future over the course of 2024. Phil Pluck explains.
newsDeveloper HBD, part of Henry Boot, and investors Barings have completed their landmark 380,000 ft2 net zero carbon industrial development in Rainham, London.
newsLast mile real estate specialist Valor has spent nearly £40 million acquiring two sites in London for urban/last mile warehouse development.
newsThe London Gateway Motorway Service Area in Edgware could be consolidated with subsequent surplus land redeveloped for logistics purposes.
newsA national £68 million funding package to unlock development on brownfield land is targeting housing at the expense of commercial, industrial and logistics development warns planning body.
newsPerishable products specialist freight forwarder Rhodes Freight Services has secured a 40,000 ft2 warehouse on SEGRO’s Slough Trading estate in the Southeast.
newsDevelopers Indurent and PLP have submitted planning to North West Leicestershire Council for a 644,000 ft2 speculative logistics facility in the Midlands’ Golden Triangle.
newsDeveloper Prologis has secured planning approval for the final element of its 19.75-acre industrial and logistics scheme on the former Vauxhall Motor headquarters in Luton in the Southeast.
newsDeveloper, Stoford has secured 82 acres of allocated employment land in Cheshire that could provide up to 1.1 million ft2 of industrial and logistics space creating hundreds of jobs for the region.
newsIncreases in rent levels have boosted income for investor LondonMetric with rental uplifts of up to 25% recorded on urban warehousing reviews.
newsMidbox developer Chancerygate has started construction on a new 103,000 ft2 Grade A urban logistics development in Southwater, near Horsham.
newsPrivate logistics provider Uniserve is planning a 947,000 ft2 mega shed on the former Prinovis printworks site in Liverpool in the North west which it acquired last year.
newsCounter terrorism experts across Europe are calling on businesses to have extra care and vigilance following series of fires in warehouses in Germany and the UK.
newsChancellor Rachel Reeves is reported to be looking to target online retailers such as Amazon through business rates reform which she is expected to outline in the Budget next week.
productPlans for an integrated rail freight logistics hub on the 30-acre former Bow Goods Yard in East London have been given the go ahead by planners.
newsTwo warehouses totalling some 147,633 ft2 of space have been pre-sold prior to practical completion scheduled for Q1 2025 in Buckinghamshire.
newsLuxury shoe and fashion accessories company Russell & Bromley has opened a state of the art distribution centre in Corby.
newsTwo office buildings on the Buckingway Business Park in Cambridge, have been acquired with the intention of redeveloping the sites for industrial uses.
newsB&M Retails has taken Cain International’s 674,000 ft2 Link 674 warehouse at Ellesmere Port in the Northwest – in one of the biggest speculative warehouse deals of the year – although they are not saying anything about it officially yet.
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