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  • Source AIPUT EFL Global's UK facility
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    Forwarder EFL Global adds first UK facility

    2023-07-07T10:30:28Z

    Source: AIPUTSri Lanka-headquartered EFL Global has opened its first facility in the UK as it looks to cater for high-street retailer demand.The Black Arrow warehouse was developed by Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) and is located at the Blackthorne Point logistics campus close to Heathrow Airport.EFL's facility, which will ...

  • AIPUT new Heathrow development. Source: AIPUT
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    AIPUT to add another Heathrow warehouse

    2021-12-10T15:24:40Z

    AIPUT new Heathrow development. Source: AIPUTAirport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) will soon start construction on its latest airport-related warehouse development in the Heathrow area.The new development is located at Blackthorne Point, immediately to the west of Heathrow Airport on the Poyle Trading Estate. Work on the site will start ...

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    Logistics UK: Decarbonising airfreight

    2021-07-30T14:10:57Z

    In June, Logistics UK partnered with Aberdeen Standard Investment’s AIPUT (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) to present government with a call for action to enable the UK to facilitate the sustainable growth of its vital airfreight industry.As part of this submission, one of the 11 key recommendations made focused on ...

  • Logistics UK and AIPUT proposal to UK gov
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    AIPUT and Logistics UK propose plan to revitalise UK airfreight

    2021-06-15T09:45:05Z

    Airport property developer Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) and Logistics UK have called on the government to rejuvenate the airfreight industry.The companies have set out 11 recommendations on how the UK government should restore its competitiveness in the wake of the Covid and Brexit crises.Nick Smith, fund manager at ...

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    Work underway on new dnata Heathrow facility

    2021-02-24T12:59:27Z

    Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Aiput fund has started construction of Phase II of dnata City East, a 117,000 sq ft extension of its Heathrow cargo facility.Full planning permission for the warehouse was granted in August 2020. The building will be operated by dnata, which also operates the nearby 250,000 sq ft ...

  • AIPUT Heathrow South Cargo Centre
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    K+N extends at Heathrow South to meet pharma requirements

    2020-05-29T10:07:02Z

    AIPUT Heathrow South Cargo CentreGlobal forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has signed a lease extension to 2030 for its Heathrow South Cargo Centre warehouse at Heathrow Airport.Landlord Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) said that the agreement secures the site’s pivotal role as a nationally important facility for ...

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    New warehouse planned opposite Heathrow’s Terminal 5

    2020-01-16T14:11:50Z

    A 2,579 sq m ‘high quality’ speculative warehouse development close to Heathrow’s Terminal 5 aims to be ready for tenants by October.Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) fund has secured a resolution to grant planning permission from Slough Borough Council’s Planning Committee for this Black Arrow warehouse ...