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Gazeley has agreed the purchase of a 21.26-acre site at Meir in Stoke-on-Trent from Johnson Matthey, a materials technology and chemicals company. Johnson Matthey was advised by CBRE. Gazeley was unrepresented.

Savills has been appointed joint agent with Jones Lang LaSalle and Burbage Realty on Gazeley and Land Securities’ 3.4 million sq ft Magna Park in Milton Keynes.

Shepherd Developments in conjunction with the Abtech Group has completed five warehouse and distribution units ranging from 15,000 sq ft to 40,000 sq ft at Access 63 on the outskirts of Selby in Yorkshire.

The UK’s first two-storey warehouse, located at Heathrow, is complete. Developed by Brixton, X2 comprises 242,600 sq ft of warehousing and ancillary offices in eight units, configured for high-capacity throughput.

Planning has been secured for baker Warburtons’ 120,000 sq ft bakery and distribution warehouse in Bristol. Gazeley, with funding partner Legal & General, and Hermes’ UK Logistics Fund (UKLF), has been granted planning permission to develop the bespoke ba

Secureseal has launched an electronic hubodometer intended to make it easier for companies to keep track of how far trailers have travelled by accurately recording wheel revolutions.

François Bertreau, the newly appointed CEO of Norbert Dentressangle, has reaffirmed his confidence in the group, despite challenging market conditions, after the company posted a strong growth in revenue for the first half of 2008.