n Moulded plastics manufacturer Bolton Plastic Components (BPCL) has teamed up with materials handling specialist Allibert Buckhorn to design and implement a new automotive distribution system for the supply of parts to Land Rover in Solihul

The supply chain approach is well documented and, at any level of development, will require changes to “the way we do things around here”. It will require a business to change and this, in turn, will mean changing the thinking from a current and known pos

The Dearne Valley, Yorkshire’s only Enterprise Zone, is on course to substantially pass its job creation target of 6,500 and develop 465,000sq m of mixed use business space within the designated ten-year period which ends in a year’s time.

Sports World International (SWI) has bought 62 acres of serviced development land at Brookpark which will see the construction of one of the largest distribution centres in the UK. The land was sold on behalf of East Midlands Development Agency by

IM Properties has bought 13,437sq m of modern warehousing at Glasgow airport, complementing its stake in Magna Park, Leicestershire and the rail-served Birch Coppice Business Park in North Warwickshire. The latest development gives IM Properties su

ProLogis’ recently completed 28,830sq m distribution warehouse at ProLogis Park at Coventry has been let to Co-operative Group. The rent achieved is close to the asking price of £5.50 per sq ft and brings the total warehouse space let at ProLogis P

Automobile equipment supplier Faurecia is close to completing a 3,627sq m extension of its facility at Fradley Park, the Evans Property Group’s 300-acre warehouse and business park scheme on the A38 near Lichfield.

Rogers Chapman, acting for Henry Schein, has acquired a 2,232sq m warehouse representing Units 5 & 6, Medway Distribution Centre in Gillingham, Kent at a rent of £4.75 per sq ft. The new facility will accommodate the tenant’s planned growth and expansi

Another year is ending and a new one rapidly approaches, and with it new challenges which UK industry must overcome if there is to be any chance of a feel good factor in the global supply chain.

As globalisation marches on, we are increasingly comfortable carrying out business activities without the concern of national boundaries. Yet, although widening the scope of opportunities and opening up new horizons, the international marketplace does thr