Screwfix this week announced a large scale investment into the growth of its Stoke-on-Trent based distribution centre. Under the plans, which have already gained approval from the local authority, Screwfix’s existing 320,000 sq ft facility will almost... Read More
Prologis and the Emirati marine terminal and port operator DP World have teamed up to speculatively build a distribution centre at London Gateway Logistics Park. The fifty-fifty 316,000sq ft joint venture is being designed to offer the maximum... Read More
Prologis is to complete its existing Heathrow industrial park with the speculative build of two logistics facilities totalling almost 140,000sq ft. Prologis Park Heathrow, close to Junction 4 of the M4 motorway, is just over a mile from the main... Read More
The majority of large retailers now provide a home delivery or click and collect service to cater for changing shopping patterns. While this may reduce footfall in bricks and mortar outlets it has, at the same time, led to a greater need for warehouse space... Read More
As the North-East economy continues to strengthen, the region’s industrial and distribution companies are edging ever closer to a property crisis, one chartered surveyor has warned. The demand for so-called big sheds across the region is so high,... Read More
Clearance work has started on a 400 acre former Essex oil refinery site prior to it being opened up to a variety of occupiers. Another immediately available 110 acres, situated adjacent to London Gateway, is already attracting interest. The Thames... Read More
The private equity firm Blackstone has become the latest investment house to shift its money from Germany’s housing market to the country’s commercial sector. The New York-based Blackstone Group was one of the first multi-nationals to cash in on... Read More
After the best on-line Christmas sales ever, one of Britain’s leading accountants has warned that a distribution blue print is vital for continued growth. Traditional retail sales increased by just 0.4 per cent from December, 2012, but internet... Read More
IM PROPERTIES has completed the pre-let of a 50,000sq ft customer delivery hub at Solihull Business Park to retailer John Lewis. The new West Midland’s facility — expected to create at least 100 jobs — is the first of John Lewis’s new customer... Read More
British manufacturing firms are enjoying a boom period following years of recession, with both domestic and overseas demand leading to strong job creation within the sector. In fact, growth in the manufacturing industry is only outstripped by that in the... Read More
