Online giant Amazon is to hire more than 15,000 staff to help service customers during the busy festive season. The jobs will be based across the company鈥檚 海角视频 network of centres and delivery stations.

Amazon said pay rates will start at a minimum of 拢13.50 an hour, rising to 拢14.50 depending on location.

Operations director Anil Verma said: 鈥淲e prepare year-round for the festive season, and we鈥檙e excited to have more than 15,000 positions available this year in the 海角视频.

鈥淥ur seasonal colleagues play an integral role in helping us deliver an exceptional experience for our customers.

鈥淲e look forward to welcoming back seasonal workers who return year after year to Amazon, and to welcoming new faces to the team.鈥

Amazon also announced the start of operations at its new fulfilment centre in Eastwood, Nottingham, offering jobs including engineers, HR and IT professionals, health and safety, finance specialists, and operations managers, as well as staff who pick, pack and ship customer orders.

Regional director Prashant Pandey said: 鈥淭his is the eighth fulfilment centre in the East Midlands region 鈥 a further sign of our commitment to the communities in which we operate.鈥