In 2000 it was calculated that the average Londoner ate their way through more that 680 kg of food of which 81 per cent was imported from outside the UK and how did it get into the city – well it was transported there.
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The 350,000 sq ft former Vickers Tank Factory at Crossgates, Leeds, was let to Royal Mail to help cope with the recent strike.
The return of the M62 corridor as a logistics location is back on the cards. According to Andrew Pexton of GVA Grimley: “The M62 corridor has always been a relatively strong location in terms of the requirements of distribution companies. Over recent year
St Modwen has started the redevelopment of the former MG Rover plant in Longbridge, Birmingham.
It was more than 20 years ago that supply chain companies first started asking why they needed space suppliers. If they found their own site, surely they wanted a “space enabler”. It sounded cheaper.
Wrenbridge is redeveloping the 170,000 sq ft former Swish curtain rail factory on the Lichfield Road Industrial Estate in Tamworth.
Independent baking business, Warburtons, has announced it is to establish a 20,000 sq ft distribution depot at Eurocentral in Lanarkshire. This will add 40 delivery routes to the 55 already serviced from its Bellshill plant.
Cedar House Investments is to redevelop the former BOC site on Raynesway in Derby.
Logistics company iForce has taken Stoford Developments and Terrace Hill Group’s 237,444 sq ft warehouse known as Redd 42 on Ravensbank Business Park in Redditch.
Internet fashion retailer ASOS (As Seen on Screen) has leased ProLogis’158,250 sq ft warehouse DC158 (Azimuth) in Hemel Hempstead six weeks after practical completion.
