TDG plans to extend further into Central and Eastern Europe, and is initially setting up offices in Budapest, Hungary.

Damco has launched a Supply Chain Carbon Dashboard, designed to help companies keep track of their carbon footprint throughout their supply chain.

Retailer giant Next has tripled order picking rates at its Yorkshire distribution centre since implementing a series of high rate put stations.

Packaging company Samuel Grant Group has purchased a 21,260sq ft industrial unit at St Paul’s Developments’ Smithy Wood regeneration scheme in South Yorkshire.

Mechanical engineering company EnerMech has taken a 15-year lease at £6.60 per sq ft on the former Acergy site at Bucksburn, Aberdeen from Stewart Milne Developments.

Veolia Transport has agreed terms to establish its new South Wales headquarters just to the north of Cardiff.

Nippon Express has taken a further unit at Ringway Trading Estate in Manchester.

International storage and removals company AGS Four Winds has agreed a deal with Kier Properties for a 34,000 sq ft warehouse and office building at Cowley Mill Road in Uxbridge.

‘beelocal’, an online enterprise that will enable independent shops and producers to sell their goods via the internet and offer customers a 24-hour delivery service, has taken part of a former carpet factory on Aynam Road in Kendal, on a three-year lease

Property agents across the country are reporting an increase in the number of companies enquiring about space for logistics for the first time in a year.