and the sheds are getting bigger. this will be royal mail s new parcel hub. high street shops may be closing, but there is a race for space in logistics. this is the result of our growing appetite for online shopping, and shows just how quickly retail is changing. in just six years, the amount of large warehouse space has risen by 32% to 566 million square feet. that s like adding nearly 2,400 football pitches. and we re going to need a lot more. if not just about online retail. it s notjust about online retail. it s about automotive and manufacturing. as we move to electric vehicles, we re going to need battery plants and their supply chain. and as a result of brexit, companies want to store more inventory in the uk. they ll need an army of workers, too. amazon alone is recruiting 10,000 staff this year. asif lost his job at a luxury hotel and has now changed career.
this will be royal mail s, new parcel hub. high street shops may be closing, but there is a race for space in logistics. this is the result of our growing appetite for online shopping, and shows just how quickly retail is changing. injust six years, the amount of large warehouse space has risen by 32% to 566 million square feet. that s like adding nearly 2,400 football pitches. and we re going to need a lot more. if notjust about online retail. it s about automotive and manufacturing. as we move to electric vehicles, we re going to need battery plants and their supply chain. and as a result of brexit, companies want to store more inventory in the uk. they ll need an army of workers, too amazon alone is recruiting 10,000 staff this year. asif lost his job at a luxury hotel and has now changed career.
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seen demand like it. we re building buildings speculatively, which means we haven t got a customer lined up, and we re letting them before we finish. that doesn t often happen. and the sheds are getting bigger. this will be royal mail s, new parcel hub. high street shops may be closing, but there is a race for space in logistics. this is the result of our growing appetite for online shopping, and shows just how quickly retail is changing. injust six years, the amount of large warehouse space has risen by 32% to 566 million square feet. that s like adding nearly 2,400 football pitches. and we re going to need a lot more. if notjust about online retail. it s about automotive and manufacturing. as we move to electric vehicles, we re going to need battery plants and their supply chain. and as a result of brexit,