Amazon coming to Teesside

Badonde

Badonde

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Well Wynyard to be more precise.
A two million square foot warehouse. Just north of the current business park.
About time this site was developed - a "commercial/housing" green belt development definitely got skewed towards housing!

Surprising move considering they have just opened similar facilities in Darlington & Durham.
Just how big a network are these guys building????
By the way I was in touch with one of the developers of Dynamo Park in Stockton (Portrack - near the prison) and I get the feeling it was going to be built there. Anyone see the proposed road extensions being planned for Portrack roundabout - something about a tunnel being built under the A19??

The scale and ambition of this foreign business is astonishing.
Not sure they really need a £5.3million grant from Stockton Borough Council really.

Personally I think the whole move towards Amazon is questionable.
They are devouring retail sales that were previously claimed by other businesses and being 'clever' with their tax affairs.
I have an online retail business myself so I can't really complain too much.
One thing this will do is open up further commercial development that the area is desperate for.
The Darlington site has resulted in space being made available for further business development and hopefully Wynyard will be the same?
Might just put a development grant claim in myself.....can't see a local small firm being as well looked after mind!!!
 
It frustrates me when I see what they've done on the A19 at Silverlink, the tunnel and Testos roundabout. On Teeside we get an extra lane at Billingham that's taking nearly 2 years to complete and nothing done about the A19 flyover/A66 junction.
Doesn't matter how much people talk about developments at Riverside Park and the old Steelworks unless this gets sorted properly and promptly.
 
Surprised the Billingham works are taking 2 years.
To be fair I'm not a road engineer but it looks like the bridges on that part won't need their spans widening?
I'd have thought that would be tricky and time consuming?
 
The Company I work for deliver to Amazon in Darlo on a daily basis and to be fair they are up to their eyes in it everyday. The tail backs and waiting time are a joke.
 
Badonde said:
Surprising move considering they have just opened similar facilities in Darlington & Durham.
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Not really, We are situated bang in the middle of the UK so reduces traveling, plus we have one of the biggest ports in the UK just down the road. Makes perfect business sense. Just wonder what the locals think of having it on their doorstep.
 
Would love it if they'd dredge the water in Teesport and make it fit for deep water container ships.
Felixstowe is having really big issues with congestion at the moment and they handle 40% of all UK inbound containers.
Lets see if we can get some of that traffic up here!
 
companies like Amazon close and open a lot of doors to business -- e-commerce, robotics, safety and also manufacturing are very much in Amazon's core business structure. Granted Amazon's business model doesn't cascade to any business that aren't e-commerce related but that should act as a pre-cursor to those businesses yet to make the leap into e-commerce. Sink or swim would be the motto moving forward in the world of the 21st century economics. Personally I think it's good new for the area-- as it will open more doors not just for hiring but it will re-generate those locations which are within the confines of the factory.
 
To be fair they are just very good at everything they do.
Whether this be gaining planning permission, getting grants, introducing robotics, minimising tax.
Very 'hard nosed' but it certainly works for them.
I'm a little bit conflicted about certain aspects of their business model but the sheer scale and ambition is breath taking.
 
Just find the scale staggering.
Fair enough - something like 8-11 sites dotted around the country.
BUT 3 massive sites within 20 minutes of each other just beggars belief!
 
Ben Houchen delivers again. :) To be fair once this is built no one on Teesside can give the excuse there are no jobs around the one in Darlington is recruiting constantly.
 
Barwick said:
Ben Houchen delivers again. :) To be fair once this is built no one on Teesside can give the excuse there are no jobs around the one in Darlington is recruiting constantly.
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I think long term jobs in that sector will drop due to automation , expect to see Job cuts at Asda/Tesco etc at some point in the future if amazon look to grow into their market more .
 
WoodallServices said:
Are these the places we see on the adverts were they get staff to tell you everything that’s wonderful about their job..........apart from the money!🤔
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Yep. That's the ones.

Plenty of openings there, but only paying about £9.50 an hour.

Almost as poor as Tesco, around £9 per hour. And the ethically promoted Co-op, pays even less. Or so I'm told.
 
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