Holistica, the joint venture between APL Logistics and Christian Salvesen, has appointed Gareth Jenkins solutions director.

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Falling mail volumes and growing competition are putting pressure on Royal Mail’s ability to keep delivering a one-price-goes-anywhere service for every customer, the company has warned.

FedEx has taken another step in its expansion plan with the £205m takeover of DTW’s domestic express network in China plus DTW’s half share in FedEx-DTW International.

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With speculative development taking off at Heathrow, Liza Helps asks what will this mean for occupiers?

Gazeley UK and Land Securities have paid a £918,694.

Is there really a lack of land for distribution warehousing in the Midlands? Liza Helps investigates.

Suitable land for the development of big sheds in the Midlands is as rare as hen’s teeth but like all generalisations that depends on how you look at it.

Cross dock facilities are becoming ever popular said North Rae Sanders in its latest Big Shed review as a consequence of retailers’ continued drive for efficiency.