In the context of the logistics business, West London is a pivotal location serving both the huge demand of the capital city and also – via Heathrow – the international flow of goods which are either arriving in or departing from the UK. Heathrow remains
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Traditional distribution hubs in western and central Europe are soon to face stiff competition. Expansion of the European Union in May 2004 is expected to have a significant affect on Europe’s distribution site ‘hot spots’. But many factors come into play
With manufacturing moving East, storage requirements are shifting from ‘goods for manufacture’ to space for a growing flow of imported products. Patterns are changing, but the trend is for ever more space. Can the developers keep up with demand?
Occupier demand for commercial property hit a two-year high over the past six months as confidence rose for the first…
The state-of-the-art logistics park in Zaragoza, Spain, has announced full occupation of first stage build, which coincides with the official European launch of the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program in Madrid.
Distribution property specialist sbh.uk is project managing a new 23,900sq m distribution centre on Green Property’s Electric Park scheme at Manchester’s Trafford Park for cosmetics group L’Oréal.
A large speculative industrial building and plots for the development of two more at B8 Hams Hall, near the southern end junction of the new M6 Toll, are generating keen interest from the distribution sector, says industrial agency CB Richard Ellis.
The latest King Sturge survey of available industrial and distribution floorspace indicates that the recent increase in availability may be “finally at, or nearing its peak”.
The Mezzanine Floor Company has beaten off stiff competition to win a £1M contract from Dürr, the UK subsidiary of the Stuttgart-based multinational technology giant, to provide platforms to be used in the manufacture of the wings.
At first glance there is nothing out of the ordinary about Caterpillar Logistics’ new £53M distribution centre at Desford, Leicestershire, which is the new home for MG Rover’s worldwide parts operation. But the centre is unusual for two reasons: the wareh
