Nearly 60 per cent of the total take-up of large warehouses in the first quarter of 2010 was recorded in the Midlands

A catering equipment and supplies group has taken Opus North’s 66,500 sq ft warehouse at Goole.

American medical supplies manufacturer Medline has taken the 132,000 sq ft Manor Point warehouse

The 41,250 sq ft former Rank Hovis McDougal premises has been let to Ralph Coleman International

James Hardie Building Products has acquired a 60,246 sq ft warehouse in Eastleigh

A 260,000 sq ft warehouse in Hemel Hempstead known as M1STRAL 260 has been sold to USS/Royal Mail

Work has started on construction of essential infrastructure that lays the foundation for the 9.5 million sq ft logistics park at DP World’s London Gateway

The Freight Transport Association has called on the government to protect investment in essential infrastructure projects, following yesterday’s announcement that £683m is to be cut from the transport budget

Marks & Spencer saved £35m last year through efficiency improvements in its supply chain including warehouse consolidation and implementation of a number of efficiency projects

Lee Iacocca, the man who saved Chrysler back in the 1980s, wrote one of corporate America’s most gripping autobiographies, and in a particularly telling passage describes how, upon his arrival, he discovered thousands and thousands of cars rusting in