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Government needs to reconsider business rates changes say logistics leaders

The Government’s overhaul of business rates is flawed and will damage the very sectors it is aiming to support if it goes ahead with higher business rates multiplier to all properties with a Rateable Value above £500,000 warned a coalition of  the UK’s leading logistics and industrial long-term investors and developers.

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Amazon US warehouse expansion 2025 news

Amazon looks to invest $15 billion in US warehousing

Amazon is looking for partners to push forward with a $15-billion warehouse expansion plan that would add nearly 80 new logistics facilities – mostly delivery stations – in US cities and rural areas, according to international news corporation Bloomberg News last week

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HNRFI refused 2025 news

Government rejects Hinckley Rail Freight Interchange

The Secretary of State has refused Tritax Big Box Developments (TBBD) a Development Consent Order (DCO) that would allow it to build strategic rail freight interchange with some 9.1 million ft2 of associated warehousing in the Midlands.

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Occupiers are back, and developers and investors are breathing a sigh of relief - for right now overall supply is at a decades level high but the benefits to occupiers look to be short-lived as the future development pipeline has fallen off a cliff and shortages are already being predicted. Just what is going on asks Liza Helps. article

Sunshine and showers…

Occupiers are back, and developers and investors are breathing a sigh of relief – for right now overall supply is at a decades level high but the benefits to occupiers look to be short-lived as the future development pipeline has fallen off a cliff and shortages are already being predicted. Just what is going on asks Liza Helps.

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M&S Axis Works Bristol news

Marks & Spencer confirms Bristol build-to-suit

Marks & Spencer has confirmed that it is taking a 390,000 ft2 build-to-suit warehouse at Vancouver based real estate development and investment firm, Epta Development Corporation (EDC) and development partner Stoford’s 2 million ft2 Axis Works scheme in Bristol as reported by Logistics Matters.

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Bleckmann takes boohoo shed Prologis rfi DIRFT news

EXCLUSIVE: Bleckmann snaps up Boohoo shed

Fashion and lifestyle brands 3PL Bleckmann, has snapped up the 403,990 ft2 former Boohoo warehouse at Prologis RFI DIRFT III following the fast fashion company vacating the building last year.

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SOTM Prologis DC327 Photo 2 April 2025 news

Shed of the Month: All the bells and whistles and some…

Always looking to be ahead of the game Prologis is providing DC327, a 327,6879 ft2 facility at its 7.5 million ft2 Prologis RFI DIRFT scheme with an enhanced fit out meaning the property is not just ‘ready-to-lease’ but actually ‘ready-to-operate’ – it’s a first I am reliably informed for the UK and could push other developers to do the same saving occupiers valuable time and money.

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