In 2000 it was calculated that the average Londoner ate their way through more that 680 kg of food of which 81 per cent was imported from outside the UK and how did it get into the city – well it was transported there.

Hot on the heels of the news that St Modwen has sold the Antalis unit for nearly £2 million is the news that the company is developing a further 80,000 sq ft of speculative space at its 55 acre Access 18 scheme in Avonmouth.

Royal London Asset Management in conjunction with Development Managers Industrial Securities has secured consent for the first phase of a one million sq ft mixed-use scheme on the 50-acre former BAE Systems site at Greengate, Chadderton, Oldham.

Hong Kong-based power tools manufacturer Ryobi has taken Oxfordshire’s biggest speculative building the 167,409 sq ft ProLogis Park Didcot on Purchas Road.

Up to 500 jobs could eventually be created at book retailer Waterstone’s 157,500 sq ft warehouse in Burton-upon-Trent.

Joint developers Gleeson Properties and Wrenbridge are offering their Kingswood Lakeside warehouse in Cannock on a freehold and leasehold basis.

The 89,412 sq ft former Royal Mail warehouse on South Marston Park, Swindon, is being marketed by Lambert Smith Hampton and Knight Frank.

Forth Ports is working on a master plan for a whisky distribution park at the port of Grangemouth on the Forth. A layout for 1.6 million sq ft of warehousing has been approved. The company said it was in advanced talks with several whisky companies to see

National food producer and distributor JJ Foods has taken a 33,000 sq ft pre-let at Shepborough Developments’ ISIS scheme at Agecroft Park in Manchester. The warehouse is on the final phase of the development located off the A6044, close to junctions 16 a

Internet fashion retailer ASOS (As Seen on Screen) has leased ProLogis’158,250 sq ft warehouse DC158 (Azimuth) in Hemel Hempstead six weeks after practical completion.