Amazon announces plans for new Warrington FC
Amazon has announced that it will recruiting for about 1,200 new permanent jobs for its new fulfilment centre in Warrington – which will be opening later this year. Warrington is one of four new fulfilment centres that Amazon is opening this year. A new Daventry site opened in February, while facilities in Warrington, Doncaster and Tilbury will begin their operations in the autumn.
The Warrington and Tilbury fulfilment centres will be equipped with advanced Amazon Robotics technology.
Intriguingly, the online retail giant also reported that it will open its first dedicated UK “receive centre “in Coventry in 2018. The facility will “act as a central hub to receive and sort millions of products sold on Amazon.co.uk each year”. Recruitment for Coventry will begin in 2018 and will create 1,650 full time permanent jobs.
Amazon currently has 12 fulfilment centres in the UK, including Doncaster, Coalville (Leicestershire), Daventry, Dunfermline, Dunstable, Gourock, Hemel Hempstead, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Rugeley and Swansea Bay.
