The fire in Atherstone on Stour that resulted in the death of four firefighters is sure to send a powerful shockwave through everyone involved in designing, specifying building and managing warehouse structures.
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A plan for a 200,000 sq ft employment and distribution scheme at Vantage Park, Grantham, has been submitted to South Kesteven Council by developer Steeple Court.
Up to 500 jobs could eventually be created at book retailer Waterstone’s 157,500 sq ft warehouse in Burton-upon-Trent.
The logistics market is changing and that presents new challenges for the UK Warehousing Association. As a result, says chairman Derrick Potter, the association needs to be forward thinking in developing its operations.
Eddie Stobart has signed a deal to occupy M2, a 103,095 sq ft unit on SEGRO’s Heywood Distribution Park in Greater Manchester.
Hong Kong-based power tools manufacturer Ryobi has taken Oxfordshire’s biggest speculative building the 167,409 sq ft ProLogis Park Didcot on Purchas Road.
Forklift safety technology has come a long way since Toyota set the ball rolling in 1998 with its System of Active Stability. This system – the world’s first in electronic forklift safety – was designed to calculate potential danger areas the forklift was
Food packaging company PFF has secured a 93,000 sq ft refurbished factory building at Opus Land’s Airedale Park, Keighley.
Royal London Asset Management in conjunction with Development Managers Industrial Securities has secured consent for the first phase of a one million sq ft mixed-use scheme on the 50-acre former BAE Systems site at Greengate, Chadderton, Oldham.
Barloworld Handling supplied a fleet of trucks and a battery management system to global safety company Aearo’s manufacturing site in Stockport. The company, which makes safety glasses, hearing protection and communication equipment for use with hard hats
