The lack of grade A space in the industrial and distribution market has become so acute across the UK that rents for prime space have risen – according Lambert Smith Hampton’s latest National Industrial and Distribution Market 2012 research

Prologis has completed the new 457,546 sq ft warehouse for BMW at Prologis Park Pineham in Northampton

Computer maker Dell has an enviable reputation for the excellence of its supply chain – able to build to order and deliver a competitive product in just days. A key element is the ability to align the supply chain across the business, customers and suppl

The European Commission is looking at the potential for further liberalisation of the European road freight market

Chevrolet has signed a three-year contract with Acumen Automotive Logistics for delivery of cars from Portbury docks to the Midlands, North Wales and Northern England

FedEx, Eddie Stobart and DHL have all made the Top 20 Business Superbrands for 2012

Tesco has launched a new rail service from its rail enabled distribution centre at Daventry to the Wentloog terminal in South Wales to serve its Magor distribution centre

Clugston Distribution has invested £500,000 to put four new 44 tonne tanker combinations on the road as it moves into the fuels market

What do finance chiefs worry about when they get together? Well, it appears that increasingly it is the supply chain. Much of the debate at a recent Economist CFO conference was focused on supply chain risk.

3PLs are beginning to gripe about the fact that they cannot get decent quality warehouse space ‘for love nor money’