high-labour use classes, i.e. manufacturing. But, where we are most active in the Midlands and the South-east, unemployment is already low.

Go to a restaurant where there are 50 covers and 50 cooks but only one waiter and you won’t have a very good evening. That waiter could be Maurice Greene but you won’t be eating until midnight. In the same way, there are some major issues that need to be

Third-party logistics provider Exel has signed a Preferred Supplier Agreement with CB Richard Ellis for the provision of property services throughout Europe.

Acting on behalf of La’Pec Properties, Rogers Chapman has sold the freehold investment of 13-15 Willow Road, Poyle, near Heathrow, to a client of LaSalle Investment Management for more than £1.6M. The sale was on behalf of a private client.

Brixton has sold 50% of its interest in two major Heathrow estates to Prudential Life Assurance for £108.9M. The two holdings concerned areAxis Park at Langley and Heathrow Corporate Park (HCP).

Asda Property and Cirrus Property have announced the latest letting at Harbourgate Business Park in Portsmouth. Space Maker Self Storage is leasing Unit 2 at a rental of £7.50 per sq ft for a 12-year term for 2,201 sq m.

Property developer Gazeley has bought a major new development site in Sheffield. The site was purchased from Corus and Outokumpo Stainless, which retains ownership of the adjacent site.

Innovate Logistics will complete the former British Coal site’s redevelopment after purchasing the last plot of land. Bassetlaw District Council has granted planning permission for Innovate Logistics and GMI Property Company to develop a 13,020sq m

The shortage of land supply and increasing costs of locating in the South-east and Midlands, along with growing concerns over the availability of labour, are driving occupiers to look further afield, dispersing the spread of distribution facilities throug

NYK Logistics (UK) Consumer & Retail, formerly New Wave Logistics, has invested in a new warehouse at Avonmouth. The £170,000 project provides the company, which is part of the NYK Logistics group, with 5,110sq m of storage space, including 465sq m of rac