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Gazeley has agreed the purchase of a 100-acre site in Crick from Barwood Developments and RREEF. The site is situated at Junction 18 of the M1 and has outline planning granted for 1.5 million sq ft of logistics space.

The fact that the government has finally bowed to public pressure and scrapped increases in fuel duty planned for October has been widely welcomed by the industry -and only a few cynics have pointed out that it chose the run-up to a sensitive by-election

Logistics networks went out of fashion 20 years ago as companies found that the higher service levels offered by dedicated solutions outweighed the higher costs. But, slowly, the market has been swinging back towards more collaborative ways of working tha

Frobisher, asset manager to UBS Triton Fund, has obtained planning consent for development of a 43,500 sq ft high-bay distribution unit on Walworth Industrial Estate, Andover. The existing buildings will be demolished and the site cleared ready for constr

Glenn Lindfield is adamant that maintaining service quality is a critical issue. “You can’t afford to reduce the quality of service.” In fact, he says: “Our service levels have risen since we created KN Drinks Logistics.”

Who owns the logistics industry? On the face of it, that might seem a bizarre question, but even a superficial survey reveals changing patterns of investment around Europe.

Technological developments are also having an impact on the market. NFT’s David Frankish says: “Technology can provide further cost efficiencies and continue to enhance customer service. For example, we recently introduced Masternaut’s Three-X system, whi