Pall-Ex has been highly commended in The Badenoch & Clark Business of the Year Award, and Hilary Devey won The Credit Suisse Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Karren Brady, managing director of Birmingham football club, is urging women to participate in a £10 million initiative to help them secure better training and support to fulfil their potential.

Wincanton has claimed market leadership in the two man home delivery market, seven months after taking over Lane Group.

TNT saw operating profit (EBIT) rise 2.6 per cent to 681m euros in the first half on sales up 9.6 per cent to 5.3bn euros.

BSH Home Appliances has made NYK Logistics its sole provider of logistics services for small trade customers, as well as handling 50 per cent of bulk deliveries into the distribution networks of BSH’s major retail customers.

It certainly seems as if the North East could be the next big sheds location.

Paper products manufacturing firm Sanita has taken an eight year lease on a 37,900 sq ft warehouse at St Modwen’s 230,000 sq ft Brockton Business Park, Telford, Shropshire.

A shortage of space for medium sized operations in Avonmouth has meant that two out of the three units to be speculatively developed by developer St Modwen at its Access 18 scheme have already been let.

Opus Land has started work on the refurbishment of the 360,000 sq ft former MFI factory site on Teesside.

RGD Thomas, a private Swansea investor, has paid £4m to buy the 141,117 sq ft former Panasonic Unit at Baglan Moors, Port Talbot, South Wales.