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The government should abandon plans to hit the ports industry with sharp rises in business rates, according to the British International Freight Association.

The Freight Transport Association has issued an instructional two-disk DVD offering van and light goods vehicle drivers and their managers guidance on how to safely and legally tow trailers.

The British Industrial Truck Association has predicted an extended and significant downturn for the forklift truck industry during 2009, based on its members’ sales statistics.

Geodis Wilson has taken developer SEGRO’s 96,563 sq ft LHR1 warehouse in Hatton Cross, near Heathrow Airport making it the largest single letting in the Heathrow area in over two years.

Landlord Standard Life Investments has steppedn forward with an innovative marketing scheme for its 165,000 sq ft warehouse development in Bristol.

Rents at Heathrow have fallen for the first time in six years, despite the fact that the average Grade A rental value of £11.17 per sq ft in the region did not change, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s latestWestern Corridor Industrial/WarehouseMarket Rep

Gazeley’s £50 million G.Park Blue Planet at Chatterley Valley has become the first development in the world to be awarded the new BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) “Outstanding” rating (design stage) – the highest su

With such a huge amount of space on the market it seems as if the good times are ready to roll. LIZA HELPS investigates.