Midlands specialist contract packing, storage and logistics firm Oakland International has opened a new depot in Alcester, only a few miles away from its Beoley headquarters at Redditch in Worcestershire.

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Healthcare Logistics, part of the Movianto Group, has been renamed Movianto UK, after 30 years trading as Healthcare Logistics.

Import Services has added a home delivery service to its operation after signing an e-fulfilment contract with internet retailer OnlineSalesDirect.

IKEA and DHL’s home delivery sector have conducted tests on an electric vehicle at the retail giant’s Ashton-under-Lyme store near Manchester.

The £2.4bn UK online grocery market will more than double over the next five years to reach £5bn in 2012, according to research by the Institute of Grocery Distribution.

PRUPIM has forward funded 240,000 sq ft of new warehousing and distribution facilities at Capitol Park, Thorne, Doncaster to the tune of £12.

Electrical goods wholesaler Moss Electrical is relocating to Dartford, Kent, from East London, following its purchase of a 119,780 sq ft warehouse from AXA REIM for £7.

The public inquiry into the development of HelioSlough’s rail freight scheme in St Albans has been set for November this year.

Threadneedle Property Investments has appointed CB Richard Ellis and King Sturge to let two large warehouses in the Northwest.