Royal Mail’s new 24,386sq m national distribution hub building at the DIRFT Logistics Park, alongside the M1’s J18 and the West Coast Rail Line, has been delivered on time and on budget by developer DIRFT, a subsidiary of Severn Trent Property.

Distribution solutions consortium Jigsaw has opened a new operations centre at Bardon in Leicestershire. The facility, adjacent to J22 of the M1, coordinates the movements of a mixed fleet of up to 1,200 commercial vehicles and 2,000 trailers

Birmingham property agent Eagleton & Co is confident that the huge investment in commercial vehicle fleets “must have a direct spin-off into the distribution property sector”.

The £150M scheme to regenerate the largest brownfield development site in the Midlands into The Hub, offering distribution and production facilities, is due to start. Located between J6 and J7 of the M6 near Spaghetti Junction, The Hub (see Logistics Mana

The construction and fit-out of a new 30,700sq m warehouse for cereals manufacturer Kelloggs has been in just 29 weeks – four weeks ahead of schedule. The development, on Electric Park Trafford Park, Manchester, was project managed by sbh.uk working in co

Microvision has launched Flic, handheld laser barcode scanner costing £100. Flic provides true laser scanner ease-of-use and performance at the price of lower specification wands or CCD scanners, and is ideal for price-sensitive applications such as retai

The most innovative, versatile and cost-effective way of sweeping up without using manual labour or an expensive rotary broom has been launched by Broadwood International.

The Still MX 15-3 VNA Combination Order Picker has been equipped with the new Optispeed system which enables the picker to work at the optimum operating speed for all height and load conditions.

SSI Schaefer is now offering a wide range of attached lid containers to meet the many varied needs of the logistics industry. Designed for internal use within automated handling systems, the new LTB transport container offers space savings of up to 75% on

Improved visibility, serviceability and greater operator comfort are features of Jungheinrich’s new EFX ac-powered man-down lateral stacker. Offered in capacities of 1,000kg and 1,250kg, the EFX features the most ergonomically advanced driver console