Plans Approved For Customer Fulfilment Centre For Ocado

The London Borough of Bexley council has approved the development of a new Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) for online supermarket Ocado.

£185 million is to be invested in the Erith centre and 3,500 new jobs are expected to be created.

Recruitment for roles including operational managers, warehouse operatives, LGV and delivery drivers, engineers and support staff will start in 2016.


Cllr Linda Bailey, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth, said: "We plan to work with Ocado to ensure that we can support their recruitment efforts. Resources plus, the Council's jobs and training team, will work closely with them to enable local people to take full advantage of this exciting opportunity for the borough."

Construction of the Erith CFC is planned to start in the summer, with the facility expected to open during 2017.

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