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| Amazon retail centre to create 900 Staffordshire jobs | Amazon retail centre to create 900 Staffordshire jobs |
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| Online retailer Amazon has announced plans to open a new processing centre creating 900 jobs in Staffordshire. | Online retailer Amazon has announced plans to open a new processing centre creating 900 jobs in Staffordshire. |
| The centre, in Rugeley, will start processing orders from September and will deal with customers from the UK and across the world. | The centre, in Rugeley, will start processing orders from September and will deal with customers from the UK and across the world. |
| It follows Amazon's announcement in May that it would create hundreds of jobs at new centres in Dunfermline and Edinburgh. | It follows Amazon's announcement in May that it would create hundreds of jobs at new centres in Dunfermline and Edinburgh. |
| Since 1998 the company has sold a wide range of products over the internet. | Since 1998 the company has sold a wide range of products over the internet. |
| 'Talented people' | 'Talented people' |
| These include books, music, computer games and electronic equipment. | These include books, music, computer games and electronic equipment. |
| The Staffordshire development comes despite Amazon revealing a steeper-than-expected drop in profits earlier this year because the cost of expanding its operations offset a jump in sales. | The Staffordshire development comes despite Amazon revealing a steeper-than-expected drop in profits earlier this year because the cost of expanding its operations offset a jump in sales. |
| Arthur Valdez, vice-president of operations at Amazon.co.uk, said: "The centre at Rugeley will play an important role in fulfilling orders for customers in the UK, Europe and all over the world. | Arthur Valdez, vice-president of operations at Amazon.co.uk, said: "The centre at Rugeley will play an important role in fulfilling orders for customers in the UK, Europe and all over the world. |
| "We have a busy Christmas coming up and look forward to assembling a team of talented people who will play their part in ensuring that customers receive the millions of items that will be ordered over the festive season." | "We have a busy Christmas coming up and look forward to assembling a team of talented people who will play their part in ensuring that customers receive the millions of items that will be ordered over the festive season." |
| Mike Bell, president of the Black Country Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the jobs boost. | |
| He said: "It's excellent news. It brings jobs to an area that needs it. | |
| "It also brings in infrastructure around it because it is not just Amazon that comes in but the whole logistics network that goes around them. | |
| "It's going to create jobs in an area that desperately needs it." | |
| In recent years the former mining town has lost scores of jobs. | |
| In 2009 JCB said it planned to cut up to 196 jobs from bases in Wrexham and Staffordshire, including Rugeley. | |
| Aidan Burley, Conservative MP for Cannock Chase, said jobs were the number one thing people in his constituency wanted. | |
| He said: "It's absolutely fantastic news for Rugeley and for Cannock Chase. | |
| "People are crying out to get back into work. | |
| "It's perfect to kick-start getting Cannock Chase back on the map." |