Amazon

Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North East (England); Tees Valley; Darlington
Location of affected unit(s)
Darlington
Sector
Transportation / Storage
52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
52.1 - Warehousing and storage
52.10 - Warehousing and storage
1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
19 December 2019
Employment effect (start)
19 December 2019
Foreseen end date

Description

Amazon, the US-based tech and online retail company has announced that it will open a new ’fulfilment centre’ in Darlington, in the North East of England, creating 1,000 new permanent jobs. Recruitment for the engineer, finance, HR, IT and health and safety roles has already started.

Amazon has 29 fulfilment centres in the UK and the new centre in Darlington will be its first one in the North East.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Amazon, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 99505, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/99505.