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Dominic Whitfield of Savills sums up the dilemma facing the South East: “The occupier market is still strong but frankly where is the product?”

The A1, the Great North Road, has undergone a bit of a renaissance along with its upgrading in recent years. Long gone are the myriad of roundabouts, causing untold damage to the braking systems of innumerable cars and lorries

Chancellor Alistair Darling took the opportunity in his first Budget to announce that as well as aiming for zero carbon homes he would be looking at all new property to be zero carbon rated by 2019.

The government is changing the planning law to make it easier for local authorities to plan for sustainable economic development. The guidelines for this will be enshrined in its new Planning Policy Statement 4, which will supersede the previous national

Most companies will tell you that recruiting graduates whom they can later train in logistics, is an important part of their recruitment strategies. But there is one company that has chosen to follow a different route. Experience has shown

True grit and perseverance are characteristics a woman needs to reach the top in what is otherwise an almost wholly male-dominated industry. Karen Hester, operations director at Adnams Brewery, has plenty of both.

Deciding whether or not to opt for an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or best-of-breed system has long been a difficult decision for logistics providers. Historically, ERP systems have been thought of as cumbersome, restrictive, and costly. As a result

The pallet freight network sector has arguably been the success story of the noughties. Now there are nine networks battling it out for market share.

The logistics market is changing and that presents new challenges for the UK Warehousing Association. As a result, says chairman Derrick Potter, the association needs to be forward thinking in developing its operations.