Forth Ports is working on a master plan for a whisky distribution park at the port of Grangemouth on the Forth. A layout for 1.6 million sq ft of warehousing has been approved. The company said it was in advanced talks with several whisky companies to see
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Transmec has chosen Tom Tom Work for its fleet. As well as providing track and trace facilities, the system allows real time management of the communication with any of the vehicles on the road.
The 89,412 sq ft former Royal Mail warehouse on South Marston Park, Swindon, is being marketed by Lambert Smith Hampton and Knight Frank.
Acorn Developments, an affiliate of Industrial Process Plants and Equipment Corporation (IPP), has completed an agreement to acquire the former Kodak imaging chemicals production facility at Kirkby Industrial Estate in Knowsley near Liverpool.
Joint developers Gleeson Properties and Wrenbridge are offering their Kingswood Lakeside warehouse in Cannock on a freehold and leasehold basis.
The fire in Atherstone on Stour that resulted in the death of four firefighters is sure to send a powerful shockwave through everyone involved in designing, specifying building and managing warehouse structures.
A plan for a 200,000 sq ft employment and distribution scheme at Vantage Park, Grantham, has been submitted to South Kesteven Council by developer Steeple Court.
Up to 500 jobs could eventually be created at book retailer Waterstone’s 157,500 sq ft warehouse in Burton-upon-Trent.
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.
Eddie Stobart has signed a deal to occupy M2, a 103,095 sq ft unit on SEGRO’s Heywood Distribution Park in Greater Manchester.
