ARCHIVED - Work begins on Amazon logistical centre alongside Corvera airport

Reports in the regional press suggest the workforce could be raised from 200 to 1,000

Work is now beginning on the construction of a new Amazon logistical centre alongside the Region of Murcia International Airport in Corvera, one of the first major businesses to snap up a location in the Parque del Sureste industrial development and one which will occupy a plot of around 50,000 square metres.

Initially approximately 200 jobs will be created in an 8,000-square-metre building as a direct result of the investment, but it is now reported in La Verdad that the company is considering a later enlargement of its Murcia centre to employ 1,000 people directly, having been impressed with the speed with which the necessary construction licence and other permits have been issued.

Last year Amazon created 2,200 new jobs in Spain bringing the number of people employed by the company in this country to 7,000, and when it opens the logistical and distribution centre in Murcia will be added to others already open in Madrid, Barcelona, Paterna (province of Valencia), Málaga, Sevilla, Bilbao, Pontevedra and Toledo.

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