Amazon are creating 250 new jobs in Bolton as part of a huge recruitment drive.

The online retailer has a distribution centre in Over Hulton which currently employs around 1,000 people.

150 new permanent positions will be created by the end of this year, as well as around 100 seasonal roles for the festive period.

It's part of a huge drive to create 10,000 new permanent jobs across the UK in 2020.

People interested in applying for both permanent and seasonal roles at Amazon should visit www.amazonjobs.co.uk

Stefano Perego, Amazon’s Vice President of European Customer Fulfilment, said: “We’re proud to be creating 10,000 new permanent roles across our UK network of fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations offering competitive wages and comprehensive benefits starting on day one.

"Our people have played a critical role in serving customers in these unprecedented times and the new roles will help us continue to meet customer demand and support small and medium sized businesses selling on Amazon."

The new roles include engineers, graduates, HR and IT professionals, health and safety and finance specialists, as well as the teams who will pick, pack and ship customer orders.

Pay starts at a minimum of £9.50 per hour in the UK for all full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal roles, and £10.50 for people working in the London area.

The new roles will take the company’s total permanent UK workforce to more than 40,000.

Amazon has already added 3,000 new permanent roles to its workforce across its UK network of fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations – including at a new hi-tech fulfilment centre in the North East of England which opened in May.

The company will add a further 7,000 new permanent roles by the end of 2020 across more than 50 sites, including corporate offices and two new fulfilment centres launching in the autumn in the North East and in the Midlands.

In addition, Amazon is creating more than 20,000 seasonal positions across the UK ahead of the festive period at its sites across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and at three pop-up fulfilment centres.

Business Secretary, Alok Sharma said: “While this has been a challenging time for many businesses, it is hugely encouraging to see Amazon creating 10,000 jobs in the UK this year.

“This is not only great news for those looking for a new job, but also a clear vote of confidence in the UK economy as we build back better from the pandemic. The government remains deeply committed to supporting retailers of all sizes and we continue to work closely with the industry as we embark on the road to economic recovery.”