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Earlier this year Gladman Developments acquired a 33.5 acre site at J4 M8 Distribution Park near Livingston and announced plans to build Scotland’s largest speculative distribution warehouse development.

Three retailers have put forward proposals for individual megasheds upwards of 650,000 sq ft each around the country as they put in place supply chain systems to deal with growing consumer demand.

Kaycee Estates, advised by Perland Properties, has acquired two newly completed 212,500 sq ft distribution warehouses at Max Park, Corby from Standard Life.

Current planning regulations are too complicated and do not reflect the increasing demands put upon businesses, according to interim findings of an independent review into the English land use planning system.

The West Midlands remains a nagging little sister to the East Midlands, constantly reminding it that, despite the East’s beauty in the eyes of logistics occupiers, the West can pull in the fancymen too, says Charlie Jacoby.

The Buncefield explosion has proved to be a harsh lesson for those companies that did not have appropriate insurance. Charlie Jacoby looks at the issues.

Gazeley Properties attracted government high-flier David Miliband MP, the new secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, to its award-winning Voltaic warehouse development in Dagenham, East London.