Author: Christopher Walton

Eddie Stobart has taken a 487,243 sq ft warehouse facility in Goresbrook, Dagenham as its latest London depot

Liberal Democrats plans to scrap the tolls on the Severn Bridges have received mixed responses from transport industry organisations, with the Road Haulage Association warning against raising fuel duty to make up the shortfall

IM Properties has started construction on a 152,500 sq ft speculative industrial unit at Birch Coppice Business Park. Kevin Ashfield of IM Properties said the decision was the result of strong demand and a lack of available buildings

Air cargo grew 1.8 per cent globally in 2013 in terms of freight tonne kilometres compared to 2012, according to IATA’s World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) for 2013, which has just been published

The HGV road user levy, which was introduced in April 2014, has generated more than £17 million in the past four months

The RAC have written to party leaders urging them to address the price of fuel in the run up to the 2015 General Election. The RAC see this as a key area that needs to be addressed by political parties in their manifestos as the impact of high fuel prices

West Yorkshire saw take-up of industrial property rise in the first half of 2014 according to a Knight Frank report. Take-up of units above 50,000 sq ft, H1 take-up reached 2.52 million sq ft four times H2’s 2013 level. The majority of the first half of t

Freightliner has taken delivery of 39 new MAN Euro-5 tractor units – and one Euro-6 unit

Ocado has refused to comment on reports that its has put plans to move into a new 350,000 sq ft warehouse in the Manchester area on hold.

EnviroVent, which makes domestic ventilation products, has opened a new distribution centre in Harrogate.