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Recent reports make bleak reading for occupiers but there is a glimmer of rebellion on the horizon and landlords may not be getting it all their own way after all

European materials handling production value remained stable in 2010 at 54bn euros, according to FEM, the European Materials Handling Federation

US candle retailer Yankee Candles has finally secured Standard’s Life’s 170,000 sq ft 4Mation warehouse after winning planning permission to increase the amount of office space

Courier Logistics has taken a ten year lease on two buildings totalling 38,000sq ft at Mangham Road, on the Barbot Hall Industrial Estate in Rotherham

Toll Global Forwarding has taken a 10,000 sq ft unit at Avonmouth. Toll offers a range of services from traditional freight forwarding to bespoke supply chain solutions and has more than 1,100 offices in 55 countries

Ink manufacturer INX International has completed a deal to move to a new 40,000 sq ft purpose-built manufacturing facility at Peel’s Hareshill Distribution Park in Heywood, Greater Manchester

Howard Tenens has gained a variation to the existing planning consent for 240,000 square feet of warehousing space at its Sharpness depot in Gloucestershire, so it can now market the site in three tranches

The lack of grade A space in the industrial and distribution market has become so acute across the UK that rents for prime space have risen – according Lambert Smith Hampton’s latest National Industrial and Distribution Market 2012 research