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Ultra-urban industrial investor and developer Bloom is developing two industrial schemes in London that will align with the Paris Agreement on climate change. The developments are located in Greenwich and Camberwell and are being carried out by Bloom as part of its £250 million ultra-urban warehouse joint venture with Angelo Gordon. A five-unit scheme totalling…
Investor developer GLP has announced that it will speculatively develop 1.4 million ft² of warehouse space across four units at its Magna Park Lutterworth (MPL) scheme in the East Midlands. GLP has received detailed planning permission for four new warehouses, three in Magna Park South – MPS Unit 9 (388,000ft²), MPS Unit 10 (119,000 ft²),…
Manufacturer of very narrow aisle (VNA) forklift trucks Narrow Aisle Ltd has diversified its product portfolio by beginning to offer storage solutions. The company now has a department dedicated to storage solutions and warehouse planning. Through this department, it aims to provide “a complete turnkey package from design through to the supply and installation of…
Tim Campbell, Managing Director of Campbells Electric Vehicle Consultancy, will be speaking at Logistics Manager’s ESG Industrial and Logistics Conference in London on 15 June 2023. He will discuss the role of properties as ‘the fuel stations of the future’. His presentation will cover everything that occupiers of industrial and logistics properties need to know about using facilities…
The last warehouses at Rotherhill Developments’ 250,000ft² plus Crosslink 646 scheme, in Leicester have been let. A 90,000ft² building was pre-let on a 15-year lease to EM Pharma while the 35,000ft² remaining unit has been let to Day Lewis. Both units have been developed to be certified BREEAM Very Good. The four-unit site, just south…
A consortium called Escalate, with 37 members from 13 different countries around Europe is working to develop and build a number of pilot vehicles for a project aimed at producing the next generation of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). Five pilot vehicles are due to be built over the next three years as part of this €19 million…
Falcon Timber has secured a 30,000ft² warehouse in Bristol in an off market deal. This is the latest in a string of acquisitions by Falcon Timber over the last five or six years which sees its expansion countrywide as Managing Director – Distribution and Product Group Steve Whysall explained: “Falcon Timber has been servicing customers…
Plans for a second warehouse at Gateway14 Ltd and Mid Suffolk Council’s 2.36 million ft² Gateway 14 industrial and logistics scheme in Stowmarket, Suffolk have been submitted for approval. The new 164,500ft² manufacturing and warehouse facility is being brought forward speculatively through developer partner Jaynic. Ben Oughton, Jaynic Development Director, explained: “We’re submitting the planning application…
Chancerygate and Hines have reached practical completion on their 193,000ft² Bedrock Park development near Bournemouth which was pre-sold to private equity firm Northwood Urban Logistics in 2021. The £30 million scheme comprises 26 high specification grade A units ranging from 3,000 to 34,000ft² on Ferndown Industrial Estate. Chancerygate Development Director Jonathan Lee said: “Bedrock Park…
IAG Cargo has today announced that it will be starting a new direct service between London Heathrow and Cincinnati, Ohio for the first time. From today, June 5th, customers of IAG Cargo will be able to export and import goods between the two airports. Camilo Garcia Cervera, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at IAG Cargo…
New data from the RAC shows that the average price of diesel in the UK has dropped by 11.78p per litre from 2022. Meanwhile, the average price of unleaded petrol has fallen by 17.49p. In 2022, the average figure for both diesel and unleaded petrol prices reached the highest level seen in the 21st century. While…
Groundworks have commenced at Opus Land and Fiera Real Estate’s 500,000ft² Opus 49 industrial and logistics scheme in Avonmouth in the Southwest. The 50-acre scheme consists of three units from 100,000 to 250,000ft² targeting BREEAM Excellent and EPC A ratings, which will be achieved through the incorporation of water-saving and renewable energy technologies, such as…
Parkside Regeneration, a joint venture between St Helens Borough Council and developer Langtree has submitted planning proposals for a 1 million ft² warehouse scheme on the former Parkside colliery in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens in the Northwest. A reserved matters planning application has been submitted for the first phase of development that will include two speculatively…
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that more small businesses will be able to access the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) scrappage scheme for non-compliant vehicles ahead of the planned ULEZ expansion on 29 August 2023. The ULEZ is expanding across all London boroughs and any vehicle driving within the zone that does not…
Tesco subsidiary Booker has submitted plans to transform its Makro sister company wholesale cash and carry warehouse in Fareham into a distribution centre and delivery hub. The 8.62-acre site sits in the Segensworth Business Park and Industrial Estate and is home to a 131,000ft² warehouse with 372 car parking spaces. The new scheme envisages 11…
Savvy logistics occupiers across Europe and the UK are partnering landlords and developers to secure space in a highly supply constrained market. CBRE’s 2023 European Logistics Occupier Survey, in conjunction with Analytiqa, reports that 67% of its logistics occupier respondents across Europe are still planning to increase their real estate footprint despite challenging market conditions,…
DHL Express has deployed a fleet of 18 biofuel-powered trucks to assist with the logistics operations of all remaining European races in the current Formula 1 season. The trucks are capable of running on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). HVO100 drop-in fuel will be used instead of diesel, which DHL claims can reduce carbon emissions by…
James Hyde, one of the founders of James and James Fulfilment will be speaking at Logistics Manager’s ESG Industrial and Logistics Conference in London on 15 June 2023. He will discuss the environmental cost of returns. His presentation will cover the challenges in reducing the environmental impact of returns processes and how data can inform decisions around this….
The grocery store had said that it was having ‘production issues’ with certain products when customers voiced concerns. The company has said that the problem which caused the shortages was due to a ‘system update delay’ which has since been solved, and the availability of fresh products in particular was improving. Customers in multiple parts…
Mountpark Logistics is bringing forward a hybrid planning application for a 1.5 million ft² logistics and manufacturing development at land to the south of the A5, Hinckley in the East Midlands. The outline application also includes a detailed application for a 600,000ft² distribution centre for Hinckley-based technology and automotive supply chain business Syncreon. The plans…
A landmark manufacturing and distribution warehouse in Cinderford, Gloucestershire is up for sale with a guide price thought to be around £5 million. Located on the Forest Vale Industrial Estate, the property comprises a modern, high-quality facility of 84,900ft² on a 5.5-acre site and includes a high bay warehouse, offices, and production areas. Originally developed…
A new free trade agreement (FTA) between the UK and Australia has come into action from this morning [1 June], removing ‘most’ tariffs on trade between the two nations. One of the ‘high-level objectives’ of the FTA listed by the House of Commons is to “increase the resilience” of the UK’s supply chains by diversifying trade….
Dublin-based pharmaceutical distribution firm United Drug has invested in automation at its distribution centre in Baldonnel, County Dublin with the deployment of 21 autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) from Locus Robotics. The LocusBots will be primarily focused on ‘improving customer order fulfilment productivity’ and United Drug is also expecting the AMRs to enhance pick accuracy and…
Peel Ports is to deliver a 240,000ft² ‘state of the art’ multi-user facility at Alexandra Docks within Peel Ports’ Port of Liverpool development located in Bootle. It has appointed Glencar, to construct the £28 million facility which used for the handling and storage of cargo at the port. It will be able to store a…
Tungsten Properties has submitted plans for a warehouse on one of the last available sites at Bermuda Business Park near Nuneaton in the West Midlands. The facility will be built on a 2.24 acre brownfield plot on Walsingham Drive formerly used as open storage. It will total 36,730ft² – 34,000ft² warehouse space with first floor…
Pressure is mounting on pharmacies in the UK, with 1,274 pharmacies having been closed in the past three years. With demand for services already high and the fewest number of pharmacies in the UK since 2015 (according to NHS data), this pressure is only set to increase following the announcement that patients will be able…
In a panel discussion at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun addressed supply chain issues impacting aircraft production and offered insight into the future of sustainability within the air transport industry. “I can see supply constraints for a very long time”, Calhoun said. He continued: “Our job is to resolve…
Last mile real estate specialist Valor Real Estate Partners, has completed a 57,000ft² 15-year pre-let to Specialist Computer Centres at Oscar House in Birmingham, having acquired the urban logistics property in 2021. The property has undergone a significant refurbishment programme, which included a 6,000ft² extension and a number of sustainability initiatives that improved the building’s…
EQT Exeter has submitted a planning application for a new 442,000ft² high-quality logistics facility to replace an existing building in Knowsley, Merseyside. The plans would see the redevelopment of Deacon Park, a multi-occupied existing building, which is located on Moorgate Road North. EQT Exeter acquired the site in 2021 and has since been engaging with…
In a document outlining its financial results for the year to 1 April 2023, Marks and Spencer (M&S) Group has identified the modernisation of its supply chain as a key part of its strategy to deliver long-term growth. One aspect of this strategy included the acquisition of logistics company Gist in July last year. The…
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