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Liza Helps investigates. It has been a tumultuous year and what we envisioned only a short six months ago is nothing like our reality now. Back in January and February, the prospects looked promising after the stop/start 2019 plagued with political uncertainty, then the coronavirus struck, and the country was plunged in to lockdown – it looked a bit grim. But the pandemic has turbo charged the supply chain industry – the question is: is this the new normal? “Across the board, property consultants,” says Paul Weston, Regional Head of Prologis UK, “are reporting record take-up.” Ind...

There is no doubt that supply chains have come under pressure like never before in 2020, as logistics and warehousing serviced a country in lockdown for the first time. The complex ecosystems that get goods from A to B have had to adapt rapidly. As the pandemic drove new consumer behaviour, creativity has come to the fore as the logistics industry works to solve fresh challenges, often on a daily basis. According to Colliers International, during COVID-19, 85% of companies that occupy warehouse space have reviewed their supply chain network specifically and 31% are storing more stock locally ...