ColArt, the artists’ materials supplier has invested more than £4 million in automated systems. The group’s brands, which include Winsor & Newton, Lefranc & Bourgeois, Liquitex and Reeves, are sold through thousands of distributors and retailers to millio
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As the nights get longer and the opressive cloud of winter begins to descend, Logistics link North will once again brighten up Doncaster racecourse with an array of innovations to help boost supply chain efficiency. Lucy Tesseras reports.
Britvic’s 275,000 sq ft national hub at Lutterworth was a showcase for automation technology when it opened but time has moved on and operator Wincanton has been working hard to ensure the systems are up to date.
Plans for a £48 million business park in Lancashire comprising 680,000 sq ft of mixed-use employment space, including large industrial units of up to 400,000 sq ft, have been given the go-ahead by Burnley Council.
Dematic is to supply a mechanised logistics system for Tesco’s new 910,000 sq ft distribution centre at Teesport, Middlesbrough. The system, which is scheduled for completion in 2010, will provide the retailer with a pallet storage solution, incorporating
A public inquiry into the development of a rail freight terminal at St Albans has been set for early October.
3663 First for Foodservice has opened its £17.6m 120,000 sq ft multi-temperature distribution depot in Paddock Wood, Kent. It constructed the depot on the site of the town’s former Whirlpool warehouse, which burnt down four years ago.
Marks & Spencer has taken a 382,000 sq ft warehouse at ProLogis Park Stoke. Jason Keegan, head of general merchandise logistics at Marks & Spencer, said: “Our relocation to a new site in Stoke-on-Trent will give us even greater flexibility and efficiency
F&C REIT Asset Management has let the 27,764 sq ft Unit B warehouse at Hemel Gateway, Hemel Hempstead to photographic and medical diagnostic imaging company Photologic at a rent of £7.25 per sq ft.
Clean Linen Services has paid Standard Life Investments £1.
