Online giant Amazon is planning to close one of its fulfilment centres, offering workers the chance to transfer to another site.
The company announced a consultation on a proposal to close the site in Milton Keynes, which was the first Amazon centre to open in 1998.
Amazon said the 590 employees affected by the announcement will be offered a transfer to its new site in Northampton or to other centres.
An Amazon spokesman said: “We’re always evaluating our network to make sure it fits our business needs and to improve the experience for our employees and customers.
“Today we’ve announced a consultation on a proposal to close our fulfilment centre in Milton Keynes and to offer employees an opportunity to transfer to our brand-new site in Northampton – a larger, state-of-the-art building which will employ up to 2,000 people – or to other Amazon sites.
“Our top priority is to support our people during this process.”
Amazon said a collective consultation will now begin with the affected employees, who will be offered an opportunity to transfer to its new Northampton site – which will be employing 1,400 people initially, rising to 2,000 – or to other Amazon sites.
The £500 million Northampton building is scheduled to open in May.
A large Amazon sortation centre, which forms a separate part of its logistics business, is also based in Milton Keynes and is unaffected by the proposals.
