Norwich has been chosen as a prime location for Amazon's logistics delivery hub - as it looks to scale up its business.

Amazon UK will be opening a site in the city this September with the potential to create 100 jobs.

The facility will be at an industrial unit on the Sweet Briar Industrial Estate.

Amazon have said it will create 30 direct jobs as well as a number of indirect jobs for roles including delivery drivers and security guards through contractors.

Currently 120 drivers have been delivering for Amazon in the region however this will go up to 180.

Jamie Stephenson, UK director for Amazon Logistics, said: 'Amazon Logistics adds capacity and flexibility to Amazon's delivery network, enabling us to meet the delivery needs of customers.

'Amazon Logistics is also helping independent local delivery companies to grow their businesses by providing state of the art technology to deliver Amazon orders.'

An Amazon spokesman said the centre would be a hub where a network of delivery companies would collect loads to be taken elsewhere and would not be on the scale of the companies warehouses.

Roles including operations managers, shift managers, and yard marshal have been advertised online.

Amazon has promised to hire 3,500 people across the United Kingdom this year as it looks to bring in a same-day delivery service. In some areas a one-hour delivery service is being implemented with the UK's government currently in talks with the company of how to manage the introduction of drones.

Stephen Lankester, senior operations leader for the Department of Work and Pensions in East Anglia, said the jobs would be a welcome boost to the region.

He said: 'We already have 800 unemployed people who would be interested in being there.'

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