A hurried purchase of an Arocs tipper at the start of the year has paid dividends for Cornish operator Duchy Plant Hire, which has now ordered another eight of the Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Two have recently […]
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Hanson UK is set to buy construction haulier Mick George Group as it looks to cut carbon emissions by boosting its recycling activites. The Mick George Group, which operates from East Anglia and the East […]
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British Gypsum has taken another step towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050, by introducing Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuelled vehicles to its UK fleet. The company said this week that the additional investment in low-emission vehicles r…
The first phase of Konect 62, a major tri-modal logistics and industrial scheme in Yorkshire, is set to start in four weeks following the appointment of McLaren Construction by developers Henderson Park and Cole Waterhouse. Located at the axis o…
Construction company Glencar has been instructed by logistics property developer PLP to build a 344,500 sq ft warehouse speculatively on a 17-acre site in Stafford. Located on the Stone Business Park and close to the A34 and junctions 14 and 15 …
An announcement by Transport Scotland that it has appointed an engineering firm to design a solution to a dangerous section of the A83 has been sharply criticised by campaigners, who have described it as ‘a nonsense’. The Rest & Be Thankful …
Panattoni has fully let its 335,430 sq ft logistics park in Borehamwood after signing lease agreements for the last three units with one of Europe’s largest television and film production companies. It has leased 300,000 sq ft at Panattoni Park …
Hargreaves Services has posted pre-tax profits of £34.5m, with strong growth in its services arm as its HS2 contract commenced. For the year ending 31 May 2022, the industrial group also saw a reduction in its overall revenue to £177.9m from £20…
Commercial real estate investor Firethorn Trust has appointed construction firm Glencar to build a 93,984sq ft last-mile logistics scheme in south-east London. The project, dubbed Blueprint Erith, will be built by construction firm Glencar. Work…
FORS has announced the launch of a ‘digital transformation’ programme as it works with members towards ‘a safe and sustainable future’. Speaking at the body’s fifth annual conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex, concession direc…
Rula Developments has won detailed planning consent for a new 190,000sq ft high specification warehouse unit at Junction 28 of the M1 motorway near Huthwaite in Nottinghamshire. The proposed warehouse unit, which will be built speculatively, is …
Davies Turner is building a 140,000sq ft logistics hub on the edge of Atherstone in the West Midlands. It said the multi-user hub would rival in size its largest site in Avonmouth and will feature a high bay fully racked area, with a top locatio…
A major new retail and trade park development has been announced on the site of a former Co-op supermarket in Tamworth. Demolition work has already begun on the 80,000sq ft site and construction is expected to take 52 weeks, with Lidl, B&M, …
A decision to reduce the size of HS2’s London terminus station at Euston means spoil will no longer be removed by rail and may have to be achieved with thousands of HGVs instead. In a written statement by the parliamentary under-secretary for st…