EVERYONE hates Christmas shopping so it came as no surprise in the run-up to last year’s festive season that consumers would turn to the Internet to purchase their goods. Yet this fairy story did not have a happy ending – hundreds of thousands of g

HelioSlough, the joint venture between Helios Properties and Slough Estates, has made a speculative start on the final phase of Traxpark, its 65,030 sq m logistics development in Doncaster. The speculative unit, at the 40-acre rail-linked site, wil

Property consultant NAI Fuller Peiser has undertaken the sale and leaseback of a property owned and occupied by Elementis subsidiary Linatex. The industrial property, at Blackbushe Business Park in Yateley, Hampshire, totals some 5,175sq m and is L

Typically, tenants have to put up with floor slabs that crack and break up because they are not designed to suit their specific needs. They accept that the roof of their building may leak, and they manage to manoeuvre their lorries in yards that are too s

Over the past two years, the North-west has seen a major upsurge in demand and take-up in the ‘Big Box’ market, involving new, large distribution facilities ranging in sizes in the main from 18,600sq m to 46,500dsq m (200,000 to 500,000sq ft). The North-w

TNT Logistics UK has been supplied with 85 MAN vehicles for its Euro 113M NHS Logistics Authority contract. The fleet, in NHS livery, is being used to distribute healthcare supplies for the English National Health Service.

RMC’s UK Cement Division has improved the fuel efficiency of its fleet of 154 Volvo lorries by more than 7% in the past 12 months – the equivalent to a £332,000 saving – through an educational programme of the company’s 300 drivers. The programme,

Thales has launched a new in-vehicle messaging and navigation system to enable car, van and commercial vehicle fleet operators to communicate more effectively with their drivers. The Thales Messaging System (TMS) uses Personal Digital Assistant (PD

Kalmar’s new ST122 terminal tractor is proving a hit with Walkers Snack Foods, a leading UK manufacturer of snacks. Walkers has taken delivery of its tenth Kalmar tractor and has ordered an eleventh.

Nampak Plastics Europe, which manufactures rigid plastic packaging, has awarded a five-year, £4.4M contract hire deal with truck and trailer rental specialist Hill Hire. The deal involves 170 bespoke stepframe curtainsiders, 40 straightframe