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Specialist cleaning company Holchem has paid £2.5 million for a 92,326 sq ft warehouse, situated on the M66 Trading Estate in Bury

Retail warehousing and distribution specialist the Amethyst Group has taken an additional 102,174 sq ft warehouse at F&C REIT’s Fradley Park in Lichfield

F&C REIT has let a combined 245,000 sq ft of new high-specification warehouse space at Fradley Park, Lichfield, to DHL and retail warehousing and distribution specialist Amethyst Group

Fowler Welch, is adding 30 bespoke SDC tri-axle curtain-side trailers to its UK trailer fleet, to be delivered at the end of September

DHL and Blue Dart, which is also part of DHL, are running a pilot programme in Bengaluru, India of Smart Truck technology, a pick-up and delivery vehicle developed by Created by DHL Solutions & Innovation

Laithwaites, the internet wine retailer, has awarded a £3m contract to City Link to deliver wine from its Gloucester distribution centre

BBC Dragon, and keen tweeter Hilary Devey has got behind the FTA’s campaign to keep UK trailer heights at 4.95m

Linpac Allibert has expanded its UK manufacturing capability to supply the whole of Europe with its Euro Stacking containers

Axida has launched its integration into MetaPack for its stock management solution PPD, offering pick, pack and despatch software as a service