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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.

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.

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

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.