newsUS industrial and logistics investor developer Prologis is set to build an ‘all-electric’ warehouse in the Northwest – its first in this region after acquiring a site in Trafford Park, Manchester.
newsOnline grocer Ocado has secured a last mile fulfilment centre at developer investor Indurent’s Indurent Park Stoke Central scheme in the West Midlands.
newsBertschi UK has been fined £425,000 after a warehouse supervisor suffered fatal injuries following a fall from a mobile loading ramp during a container loading operation at its Middlesbrough site.
newsUK FTSE listed investor developer SEGRO has rejected a third offer from US rival Prologis stating that Prologis’s proposals have been opportunistically timed to capitalise on a dislocated share price.
newsRetailers, industrial and logistics developers, and UK logistics business groups have warned that increasing business rates for large warehouses and out-of-town developments puts at the UK’s new PM’s pledge to tackle the cost of living crisis at risk.
newsToyota Material Handling UK has supported leading Cornish fishing business W. Stevenson and Sons in enhancing safety, improving operational efficiency and reducing administrative burden through the implementation of its I_Site fleet management technology.
newsTake up of warehouse space across the UK has been driven by e-commerce businesses both directly or indirectly through contracts with 3PLs so far in 2026.
newsArrow Capital Partners and VolkerFitzpatrick have successfully completed the development of Arrow Point Bolton, a 327,750 ft2 sustainable logistics scheme, for Arrow’s Strategic Industrial Real Estate (SIRE) joint venture with Cerberus Capital Management.
newsOne of Scotland’s most prominent industrial buildings has been acquired in an ‘off market’ transaction by developer Knight Property Group and is set to be refurbished before being offered back to the market by the end of the year.
newsNasdaq listed B2B e-commerce platform GigaCloud Technology is expanding in the UK with the lease on a warehouse at investor developer SEGRO’s 3.7 million ft2 SEGRO Park Coventry scheme in the West Midlands.
productOPEX Corporation, a global leader in Next Generation Automation providing innovative solutions for warehouse, document and mail automation, has been presented with the 2026 ASRS Innovation of the Year Award by leading independent market intelligence agency SupplyTech Breakthrough.
newsDeveloper Panattoni has secured planning consent for a speculative warehouse scheme in Totton, Southampton.
newsThe Planning Inspectorate has turned down proposals for a 1.29 million ft2 logistics scheme on land at Junction 17 of the A12 near Chelmsford in Essex despite a developer waiting in the wings had planning been secured.
newsDeveloper Mountpark has secured planning permission for its largest ever speculative warehouse in the UK – a 640,000 ft2 XL facility at Mountpark Ferrybridge in Yorkshire.
newsShip Sherpa, a new AI-native logistics platform built to modernise same-day delivery, has officially launched in Manchester.
newsAV Dawson has announced a £5 million investment in a new dry bulk rail terminal at the Port of Middlesbrough.
newsThe dedicated organisation will support the increasingly complex movement of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biologics, clinical trials, and other critical healthcare shipments.
articleWeekly household food waste collections are now rolling out under Simpler Recycling, and by March 2027 even the smallest firms will have to separate their food waste from general rubbish. Amit Sandhu of Paragon Logistics argues the rules target the caddy, when most avoidable waste is decided far earlier, in the temperature-controlled links that set what reaches the shelf fit to sell.
productBakers Basco (representing the leading UK plant bakers) has kept gross attrition rates for its reusable bread baskets and dollies below 10%, despite the continued loss of equipment through theft, misuse and illegal recycling.
newsThe board of the London Stock Exchange listed property company SEGRO which specialises in industrial, logistics and data warehouse investment and development, has dismissed a £12.6 billion takeover bid from US rival Prologis calling it opportunistic, one-sided and inadequate in a presentation to institutional investors and research analysts yesterday.
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