Fife Warehousing has bought the 172,000 sq ft former Solectron manufacturing plant in Pitreavie Business Park, Dunfermline opposite its existing premises.

Crosswater Holdings has taken units 1, 22, 23 and 24, totalling 64,914 sq ft at Legal & General and Space Property’s 178,824 sq ft Charles Park industrial scheme, Crossways Business Park, Dartford, Kent.

Food producer and distributor JJ Food Services has opted to buy a 33,000 sq ft design and build warehouse at Shepborough Development’s ISIS scheme at Agecroft Commerce Park in Manchester.

Work has started on site for a new 150,000 sq ft speculative warehouse at Frontier Estates’ A1M1Link industrial and distribution park in Thrapston, Northamptonshire.

Marks & Spencer has been tipped to build a massive distribution centre in Bradford, creating 2,500 jobs.

B & J Commercial Services, based at Rugeley Staffs, provides road haulage, freight forwarding, 24-hour breakdown assistance and vehicle/trailer hire.

The distribution of counterfeit medicine is one of the pharmaceutical industry’s biggest threats.

BT and NetDespatch have launched BT-NetDespatch Mobility a managed real-time mobile computing system.

Impulse Worldwide specialises in transport of documents and other items for advertising agencies, law firms and multi-national.

If you thought track and trace technology was too expensive, perhaps it is time to take another look. You can be pretty confident that your competitors are. Malory Davies reports.