Online giant Amazon is to create at least 250 jobs on Merseyside after it announced a new sorting site for St Helens.
The 30,000sq ft site in Haydock is expected to open in September, and it's believed the suggested jobs figure could rise during peak times like Christmas, BusinessLive reports.
The sortation centre at Florida Farm will see parcels sorted ahead of being taken to delivery stations, from which drivers will collect them and take them onto their final destinations - customers' homes.
Kevin Marsh, General Manager for Amazon Sortation UK Operations, said: “We are delighted to be creating 250 permanent new jobs over the next 18 months in St Helens as we continue to develop our last mile logistics network.
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"This sortation centre will have an important role in supporting the fast and reliable delivery Amazon customers love and trust.
“We would like to thank everyone in St Helens and beyond for their support on establishing this new site.”
The wider Florida Farm development has been subject to some controversy from residents and green belt campaigners, who claim there have been "thousands" of objections.
The Residents Against the Florida Farm Developments tweeted on Tuesday that the community "will not forget or forgive those who voted and ignored the 2,000 objections".
Despite the estimation of hundreds of jobs, it is also a climb-down from previous numbers suggested by developers.
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, when outline plans for Florida Farm were approved last year, Keith Wilson, director of developers Bericote Properties, said the development would deliver "1,000 jobs".
Amazon said on Tuesday pay will start at £9.50 for employees, who will be offered a benefits package and company pension plan.
The firm hopes it will help meet customer demand, expand selection and enable SMEs selling on Amazon Marketplace to scale their businesses.
It comes after the online giant announced earlier this month it will create 2,000 new UK jobs by the end of the year, in a move that will take its total permanent workforce to almost 30,000 .
