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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

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.

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.

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.