Hart Council has rejected plans by PruPim and Astral to build 1.25 million sq ft of distribution space at Pyestock, between Fleet and Farnborough.

Fashion retailer River Island has paid Gazeley and Land Securities in excess of £20m for the freehold of a 450,000 sq ft distribution centre at Magna Park, Milton Keynes.

The 143,700 sq ft Big Blue Shed at Bellshill Industrial Estate in Lanarkshire is back on the market through King Sturge.

Developer PPG Land has completed the construction of two speculative warehouses at Point Five on Walker Park in Blackburn.

Amazon has opened its massive 800,000 sq ft distribution facility in Swansea

Gazeley is believed to be in the process of acquiring an11 acre site off Junction 3 of the M6 motorway in Nuneaton previously belonging to UPS.

PHS Teacrate has implemented several changes to its operations structure following the multi-million pound takeover of Rentacrate last year.

Kardex has enhanced its Shuttle XP vertical lift storage and retrieval system to allow for a higher load of materials handling at a greater range of working heights.

Panalpina World Transport has appointed Circle Express to provide its road transport services, in a three-year contract worth an estimated £4 million per year.

John Lewis has reported a 33 per cent improvement in productivity thanks to warehouse and workforce management systems from RedPrairie.