Author: Christopher Walton

Fortec Distribution Network is to restructure its management team to fill senior vacancies following a number of departures earlier this month

DS Smith is promoting a Defra-backed initiative aimed at encouraging further recycling of plastic-based products

Goodman has secured planning permission for a 120,000 sq ft pre-let for Covrad Heat Transfer at Lyons Park, Coventry

Budget supermarket Aldi is set to open 54 stores this year, a further 65 in 2015, and a second distribution hub in the West Midlands

Lighting designer and manufacturer Fern Howard is to implement a supply chain management tool from Access Delta, which will be exhibiting at the Logistics Link North exhibition this month

Developer Prologis, has acquired a 30-acre site next to Stockley Park in Hayes, Middlesex, from Stockley Park Consortium, a joint venture between Kajima Europe Ltd, M&G Real Estate and Duelguide

My Parcel Delivery has appointed Andy Hill as commercial director, with responsibility for managing carrier relationships as well as developing initiatives and increasing business volumes

Wiggle has leased a 323,000 sq ft warehouse at Citadel Logistics Centre in Wolverhampton from Goodman as part of a move to consolidate operations and enable growth

Parcel carrier UPS has snapped up IM Properties latest speculative warehouse at Birch Coppice in the Midlands

Developer Bericote has secured a site for a 120,000 sq ft dot-com store for ASDA at Midpoint Park near Birmingham in the West Midlands