Two recent reports on European logistics have highlighted the opportunities for third party logistics companies and distribution warehouse developers.

Money counts in the international express business – increasingly only the big networks with the big networks with the big volumes have the economies of scale to compete effectively, while domestically margins are under pressure. We look at the implicatio

Gladman Developments plans to build a 375,000 sq ft speculative warehouse near Runcorn. It has acquired a 20.74 acre site from English Partnerships at Manor Park on the A558, close to Junction 11 of the M56.

As part of its £400 million investment and development programme, Wrenbridge has acquired its first building in Telford, a 6,503 sq m (70,000 sq ft) distribution facility on Stafford Park 7.

Gist is celebrating a five-year extension to its partnership with Carlsberg UK by opening and managing a new 13,470 sq m (144,937.2 sq ft) regional distribution centre in Leeds.

To rectify this situation Moy Park went looking for a supplier to provide lift trucks that could cope with the extra demands.

The port dominates the UK market for importing fresh produce, with almost one million tonnes of fruit arriving at Sheerness every year.

Recent high profile hiccoughs at one or two automated warehouses caused some to think again about how far they wanted to rely on technology. But the potentialbenefits are often too great to ignore and suppliers are increasingly busy.

More than three quarters of UK-based senior procurement managers and executives believe that their function is more strategic than it was two years ago, according to a survey carried out by Kalido,

Vanco, pioneer of the Virtual Network Operator, has announced a new contract with Euromaster.