Amazon has officially opened a new fulfillment centre in Northampton, and said it would open another facility in nearby Kettering this autumn, creating more than 4,000 jobs between the two facilities.

The move brings Amazon’s investment in the county to £1 billion, and comes amid a broader investment in the UK that the company announced a year ago.

The Seattle e-commerce giant confirmed in March it would close its Marston Gate site in Bedfordshire, its first location in the UK, opened in 1998.

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