Following the sale of Merlin Park to ING Real Estate Investment Management the second phase of the scheme is now under way.

Cladding system provider Keel Supplies has taken Rosedale Property Holdings’ 51,500 sq ft Unit 2, Tenax Cross warehouse in Trafford Park on a 10-year lease at a rent of £300,000 a year.

Property company Wrenbridge has secured planning for a 100,000 sq ft warehouse/production unit at Papworth Business Park, Cambridgeshire.

For the eleventh outing of the ”Supply Chain Standard” European Supply Chain Excellence Awards we were again delighted to have as our partner PRTM and we are very grateful to PRTM and their partners and consultants across Europe for their input this yea

Plastic pallet company goplasticpallets.com, has sold 10,000 of its heavy weight pallets in the UK in less than a year.

Industrial Labelling Systems has installed print & apply labelling systems, at Wolseley UK’s 353,000 sq ft national distribution centre at Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.

Agency Sector Management, the freight software provider, is to provide extra Single Administrative Document Harmonisation (SAD H) training seminars to help companies adjust to the new Customs Declarations system.

Unilever has awarded a £4 million supply chain contract to Atchison Topeka.

The British International Freight Association has reacted angrily to the decision by the the Far Eastern Freight Conference to impose a congestion charge on cargo from Asia to the UK.

Among this year’s finalists, two entries stood-out for the Sourcing and Procurement Award – Nuon, from the public sector, utilities and services pool, and Vodafone.