Amazon has opened a £500m state-of-the-art fulfilment centre in Leeds, part of the online giant’s more than £1.5bn investment in West Yorkshire since 2010.
The robotic facility at the city’s Gateway 45 logistics park uses advanced technology across three floors of Amazon Robotics to stow, pick and ship customer orders.
The site is close to an Amazon delivery station and an Amazon Robotics sortation centre, and less than ten miles from the Wakefield fulfilment centre which began operations in October 2022.
The centre is expected to create 2,000 jobs by November and in addition to the team members who pick, pack and ship customer orders, the firm is recruiting for a variety of other roles at the centre, including engineers, HR and IT professionals, as well as health and safety and finance specialists.
Regional director Richard Thompson said: “West Yorkshire is an important region for Amazon, with more than 3,800 small- and medium-sized enterprise selling partners, and I am delighted to confirm our ongoing commitment with this £500m investment in a new, state-of-the-art fulfilment centre in Leeds.”
This week, the ecommerce giant revealed it has teamed up with Barclays to launch a co-branded credit card that rewards users for their everyday spending.
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