Marks and Spencer is following in the steps of TNT and Ceva and testing the Smith Newton, a zero emission, 7.5 tonne battery powered truck, designed for city centre deliveries.

TDG has completed the first run of its rail service from Purfleet to Grangemouth in Scotland, from where goods are shipped to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge.

Gladman Developments has started work on a £28 million, 525,000 sq ft speculative industrial and distribution scheme at Drum Industrial Estate in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.

Trilogy Logistics has won a contract with children’s entertainment producers and rights-owner Hit Entertainment.

More than 30 developers and owner-occupiers have lined up to try to secure DHL Real Estate’s 4-acre site in Empress Road, Southampton.

Tesco has bought 15 electric vans from Modec for its online food delivery service.

Plumbing supplier Wolseley has taken delivery of more than 50 Luton-bodied Mercedes Benz Sprinter 311CDI chassis cabs.

Sainsbury’s is taking a 500,000 sq ft distribution warehouse at ProLogis’ 150-acre Pineham development in Northamptonshire.

Eight developers battled it out to secure an 18.45-acre site on Cliftonhall Road, Newbridge, West Edinburgh reflecting the scarcity of industrial development land in the area.

The ELA has a packed agenda for 2007. More than ever, there is a need for education, the sharing of best practice, networking and innovative thinking.