Amazon is planning to close one of its fulfilment centres with 590 jobs impacted. The company has launched a consultation to close the site in Milton Keynes, which was the first Amazon centre to open in 1998. The 590 employees affected by the announcement will be offered a transfer to the new Amazon site in Northampton or to other centres. The £500million Northampton building is scheduled to open in May and will be employing 1,400 people initially, rising to 2,000. The Amazon sortation centre,