Delivery and collection business Target Worldwide Express is leasing a 2,794sq m unit on the Kites Croft industrial park at Southampton. Target is moving its parcels distribution business from premises in Winchester to the new facility.

ProLogis has acquired a 48,632sq m facility at the Orebrö Distribution Center in the greater Stockholm area in Sweden.

The industrial park at Witton, Birmingham, has been sold, in an investment deal worth £26.5M, by IM Properties to Aberdeen Property Investors on behalf of the Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund.

A 12.4 acre plot at Tewkesbury Business Park has been secured by St Modwen Developments in partnership with Stoford Developments. A large manufacturing and distribution centre is planned for the site.

Door and window technology manufacturer GEZE UK is relocating its head office from Chelmsford, Essex, to Fradley Park, the 300-acre distribution / warehouse and office scheme being developed on the A38 near Lichfield by Evans Property Group (EPG).

Given today’s economic climate, adding real and, most importantly, measurable value for global customers has become even more important. A succession of high profile events, such as the global telecoms crash in 2000, has lead to greater pressure on costs

The Thames Gateway / A13 corridor continues to attract new occupiers, the latest being Securitas who has just acquired 5,580sq m on Ravenbourne Developments’ Thames Gateway Park at Dagenham.

The project management of a new purpose-built 12,170sq m, 11m high warehouse for Pirelli UK Tyres has been completed by sbh.uk on time in just 28 weeks.

Axiom GB has produced a new high-speed SR sorter which can accommodate a wide range of different size loads up to a maximum weight of 60kg. The sorter’s modular construction ensures unparalleled versatility to provide high capacity double-sided sorting so

Panasonic has introduced a lightweight, fully-ruggedised convertible notebook PC which is designed to cope with being knocked about. Called Toughbook CF-18, the notebook’s robust design protects valuable data from impact, moisture, water or dust.