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Slough Estates has revealed plans for a £20m redevelopment of a 10.5 acre site in Nechells, West Midlands.

Chelsea (General Partner), the joint venture company between Chancerygate and clients of Insight Investment, has sold the Union Quay warehouse on Clayton Road, Hayes in Middlesex to Property and Management Services for £6.756m.

AirBridge Cargo is taking delivery of its fourth Boeing 747 freighter, for scheduled flights to Hong Kong.

Pavers Shoes, a York based family-owned business founded in 1971, is set to double in size thanks to the completion of a new £3.5m distribution centre in Upper Poppleton, near York.

Bulk and container haulier, Bulmers Logistics, has taken delivery of 10 new 6×2 Renault Premiums as the company continues to expand its business.

Thinking on a global scale is becoming more and more important for companies, with an increasing amount of manufacturing coming out of China.

“We are a polluter” said Ken Hall, vice president of Prologis, and “we recognise that we have a responsibility.”

Some companies outsource as a matter of course, while others have been taking supply chain operations back in-house.

Managing change in a retail supply chain is a problem that many retail supply chain directors have to face at some point, but few will experience the challenge of combining two supply chains into one.