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South 62, a major warehouse and distribution facility at Warrington vacated by Matalan, is undergoing substantial refurbishment, says property consultant King Sturge.

P&O Ports has signed a full service contract with Kalmar for the provision of preventative and breakdown maintenance, engineering support and spare parts supply for the 20 ESC 7th generation straddle carriers operating at its new Antwerp Gateway terminal.

Globe Air Cargo has won a contract to become Ethiopian Airlines’ cargo general sales agent in the UK, giving freight forwarders access to the largest pan-African network of any airline.

Nisa -Today’s, one of the UK’s largest independent buying consortium, has installed AquiTec’s SCM/400 warehouse management software at its 13,950sq m temperature-controlled distribution centre for chilled and frozen products in Stoke-on-Trent.

Evans Property Group (EPG) is to develop 134,850sq m of warehousing space on its 300 acre Fradley Park scheme on the A38 near the M6 (Toll).

BT Rolatruc has added four new models to its range of materials handling equipment. Launched at CeMAT in Hanover last month, the new additions are:

Phones 4U has appointed David Downie as managing director to oversee the addition of 100 new stores, taking the chain’s retail presence to 453.

Atlas Ward Structures is working on a distribution scheme in Kettering for main contractor Winvic Construction and pan-European developer ProLogis. The ultimate client is Bosch Siemens Homeware.

Darlington-based Agility Systems has formed a strategic alliance partnership with Eastern Data Group, one of the UK and Ireland’s top suppliers of mobile solutions for home and direct store delivery of FMCG product.