Age discrimination is rife in the UK workplace despite being illegal, according to the latest the Recruitment Confidence Index (RCI), by Cranfield School of Management.

Visitors to the Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC last month will have seen Skills for Logistics campaigning hard to persuade companies to take up public funds for training.

There is more available space than ever before standing at 230,457,680 sq ft as of December 2007, according to the latest statistics from King Sturge’s Industrial Floorspace Today survey.

It’s as much an occupiers’ market as it has ever been,” says Richard Sullivan of Savills commenting on the increase in available warehouse space along the M4 corridor, particularly around Heathrow.

The perception that there are a lot of big sheds and not much demand in the North West is, like most generalisations, not strictly true.

Operating margins in the manufacturing sector are being squeezed to their limit, according to Colliers CRE’s April Property Snapshot. It found that while overall growth in the sector is positive, it has slowed markedly in recent months.

Demand for distribution facilities is booming in China, according to ProLogis which is reporting strong leasing activity at major new distribution parks under construction in inland China. At ProLogis Park Jiangning in Nanjing, the capital of China’s Jian

Developer ProLogis has said that it will build all its warehouses in the UK to the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Group environmental standards.

The government has delayed the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates, which was due to begin on 6th April.

Glass merchant and manufacturer Ultra Tough has taken space at Falcon Property Trust’s Capital Connect warehouse in Welham Green.