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Hundreds of jobs pledged by Ocado over new base

Andrew Dawkins,West Midlandsand
Richard Price,in Stoke-on-Trent
BBC The outside of a large grey facility at a site featuring industrial and logistics space. A mainly black sign outside the facility includes the word Indurent, as well as Unit C55 next to an arrow pointing the way to that. BBC
Ocado's new site is at the Indurent Park Stoke Central near to the A500 in Stoke-on-Trent

Online grocery firm Ocado says hundreds of jobs will be created after it was revealed the retailer has secured a 55,000 sq ft unit in Stoke-on-Trent.

The company said the site, at Indurent Park Stoke Central, near the A500, was expected to be up and running later this year.

A spokesperson for Indurent said, after agreeing a 15-year lease with Ocado, the shopping firm had taken their final available unit.

Ocado employs about 20,000 people around the world and the firm said the new base in Staffordshire would enable it to "deliver to even more customers".

The unit taken by Ocado had solar panels on the roof and could charge the firm's electric vehicles, Indurent said.

Danny Kennedy, from the grocer, added: "While work has only just started, we expect the site will be up and running later this year, creating hundreds of new jobs in the process."

A sign including the words Indurent, to let and available now is prominent in the image in the foreground. A large grey facility including first-floor windows is in the background and part of a road is visible on the bottom right of the photo.
Indurent said Ocado had taken the final available unit at their site

In February, it emerged Ocado Group was planning 1,000 job cuts, about 5% of its global workforce, over a year.

Chairman Tim Steiner had said a "significant number" of roles would no longer be needed as part of a restructuring.

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