Amazon opening new fulfilment centre in Daventry

Amazon has announced that it will be opening a new fulfilment centre in Daventry, Northamptonshire, in 2017. John Tagawa, Amazon’s Vice President of UK Operations, said: “The new site in Daventry will enable us to continue to expand our product selection, support more third party sellers including small businesses with our fulfilment expertise and meet growing customer demand in the UK.”

The Daventry fulfilment centre will be Amazon’s third FC in the Midlands area, joining the existing site in Rugeley in Staffordshire, and the Coalville facility in in Leicestershire.

The new Daventry FC will create more than 300 new permanent jobs.