Phase I of Knowle Village Business Park at Fareham is now complete and already has its first occupant.

Gazeley is buying the freehold of a vacant 100-acre site in Swindon for an undisclosed sum. The site, formerly called The Triangle, is currently owned by a consortium of private landowners and the deal is subject to Gazeley obtaining detailed planning.

Business services provider MGt has opened two new premises in Fife which represents the latest stage in its expansion plans.

Maro Developments has submitted a planning application to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council to develop a £30M, 55,800sq m B2/B8 development at Carrington First in Manchester Road, Carrington.

Freight forwarder and storage company Expeditors International (UK) is letting 9,031sq m of warehouse space at Polar Park, Heathrow, from Brixton for more than £1M a year, or £10.50 per sq ft. Brixton says the letting is the largest open market tra

Associated British Ports is investing £500,000 in developing a new facility at its Port of Immingham, following a term agreement with Whitemountain Roadstone.

A 48-hour working week for drivers implies that the so called ‘super sheds’ may be too few and far apart to be reached effectively within the new guidelines.

“The Midlands is a vibrant market with plenty of scope to respond to the changing structural and legislative requirements of the logistics industry,” says Stuart Mair, of Birmingham agent Knight Frank. “The drive towards consolidation spearheaded by major

Essex-based storage specialist Eastwood has fitted-out an extensive pallet racking facility at a new distribution centre for houseware distributor Russel.

Sun Chemical, which makes and stores inks and varnishes for the printing industry, has a new fleet of Hyster counterbalance and warehouse trucks from Barloworld Handling for operation in its Zone 1 factory and Zone 2 warehouse near