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Amazon to close three UK warehouses, affecting 1,200 jobs

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Amazon has announced it is set to close three warehouses in the UK, affecting 1,200 jobs.
Fulfilment centres in Hemel Hempstead, Doncaster and Gourock, in the west of Scotland, have…

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