There are also some amendments in peak hours to the Mondays to Saturdays existing service 766, with journeys being extended to Nuneaton from Atherstone. A Sunday service is also introduced in the early morning and evening, again providing links between Tamworth and Nuneaton via Birch Coppice. Stagecoach Midlands has been working closely with businesses in and around Birch Coppice to identify new routes and service times to better match their shift patterns.Ī new Service 767 has been introduced since October, operating between Birch Coppice and Red Deeps via Atherstone and Nuneaton providing a very early morning and evening service Mondays to Saturdays. The expansion is testimony to the ongoing attractiveness of Warwickshire as a location for inward investment and business expansion.īus links provide boost to business at Birch Coppice, Dordonīus services from Nuneaton to Tamworth via Atherstone and Birch Coppice Business Park in Dordon are set to receive a major boost. In 2013 IM were the first developers outside London to announce spec build on units larger than 100,000sqft, and have now let all three of these units. The announcement comes just weeks after owner IM Properties broke ground on the site. The 152,500 sq ft warehouse includes 7,500 sq ft offices and UPS already occupy a significant plot at the site. The container rail freight facility currently serves 8 train movements a day linking Birch Coppice to the ports of Southampton, Felixstowe and Thamesport.Ĭolliers CRE Birmingham office acted for Euro Car Parts.Global delivery and logistics firm UPS have announced ambitious expansion plans at Birch Coppice, in North Warwickshire, at junction 10 of the M42. Both phases will benefit from the on site Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal. With only two design and build development plots totalling 10 acres (4 ha) remaining on the first phase of Birch Coppice, IM Properties has submitted a planning application to North Warwickshire Borough Council for a 123 acre (49.9ha) second phase of 2 million sq ft (185,800 sq m) of B8 distribution space. Our perception is that they do not necessarily need a direct rail link into their business space requirement but do want the insurance of a rail freight terminal on the park”. There is a definite ground swell of interest in rail served sites from big named high street retailers. who brokered the deal on behalf of IM Properties said: “This letting virtually exhausts the available supply of new well located distribution units in this size bracket in the region. Mike Eagleton of Birmingham commercial property agents Eagleton & Co. It is expected that the new facility which will serve Euro Car Parts rapid growth in the “value service parts” sector of the independent aftermarket will create new employment opportunities at the Birch Coppice facility.Įstablished in 1978 Euro Car Parts operates over 70 outlets throughout Britain contributing to an annual turnover exceeding £230 million. The popularity of the 400 acre (162 ha) business and logistics park which is also home to Ceva Freight Forwarding and UPS is underscored by its prime location at junction 10 of the M42 motorway north in North Warwickshire. IM Properties has attracted a second major car component distribution user to its Birch Coppice Business Park in a rental deal focussing on a 256,000 sq ft (23,783 sq m) speculatively built logistics facility on phase one of the rail served development.Įuro Car Parts the UK’s largest supplier of parts and garage equipment for cars and light commercial vehicles supplied to independent garages and retailers have agreed lease terms on unit E4 which sits adjacent to the distribution hub of VW Group Logistics operated by Ceva Logistics.
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