ACR Logistics is the new name for supply chain specialist Hays Logistics, following its change of ownership. The organisation’s re-branding marks a new phase in its development, which includes increasing turnover by more than 10% year-on-year

A recently introduced 40% reduction in the charge that lorries will pay for using the M6 Toll road should attract more distribution companies to the West Midlands, says Evans Property Group. From now until at least the end of the year, haulage

Yorkshire and Humber looks set to become the centre of Europe’s electronic tagging industry by becoming the UK’s leading centre in the region. The development is part of a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) initiative to create a network

Royal Mail announced in summer 2003 that it would withdraw from using rail freight to deliver all its mail, effective from March 2004, because the service was too slow and expensive. Instead, the company said that it would use road and air services.

The past few years have been far from easy: slashed budgets have resulted in skeleton IT departments and overdue system upgrades. The ‘do more with less’ philosophy has been tough resulting in a further plunge in IT’s corporate credibility.

When ProLogis began its operations in Europe in the late 1990s it wanted to bring with it the customer focused approach it had developed in the US. The aim was to provide a different kind of property solution to the distribution sector, one where landlord

The decision to invest in a new warehouse or extend an existing facility is often triggered by a specific problem – lack of space, limited access or a change in business patterns. However it should provide logistics management with a golden opportunity to

A period of reduced economic growth is anticipated over the next year and, since no industry, particularly the logistics sector, operates in a vacuum we must acknowledge that this is likely to have a dampening effect on the market as a whole.

Following its £101.05M purchase of 250,830sq m of properties at Trafford Park earlier this year, Brixton plc has begun a refurbishment programme of 20 units on the park.

St Modwen Developments is to develop 2,790sq m of industrial space as well as refurbish a 3,255sq m high-bay warehouse on the Houndstone Business Park at Yeovil, Somerset. This new accommodation and warehouse will be available to let or for purchas