A consortium of public sector organisations, including the City of Edinburgh Council, Midlothian Council, East Lothian Council and NHS Lothian have joined forces and agreed terms to pre-let a warehouse at Prestonfield Park in Edinburgh.
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Growth at Argos meant the business needed to develop its Bridgwater warehouse operation – one of a network of nine distribution centres Argos currently uses across the UK
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A 102,000 sq ft distribution warehouse is to be developed by St Modwen on its 32-acre Quedgeley West Business Park, Gloucester, to store Dyson vacuum cleaners.
Food service company 3663 has increased order selection rates by 30 per cent as well as improving accuracy following the introduction of a voice picking system as part of the UK’s first end-to-end voice application.
International freight distributor RJJ Freight has leased a refurbished 5,620 sq ft unit at Ringway Trading Estate on Shadowmoss Road, near Manchester Airport on a ten year lease at a record rent of £6.50 per sq ft.
A 133,000 sq ft warehouse formerly let to Boots Logistics is available to let in Nottingham.
Wincanton, has been awarded a five-year contract to manage all national transport operations for Wavin, the supplier of pipes to the construction industry.
Hans-Christer Holgersson has been appointed managing director of Scania UK.
Toyota has enhanced its BT Veflex range of very narrow aisle trucks with improvements aimed at increasing comfort and productivity.