Shaw National Distribution Centre - Specifications

Shaw NDC is the premier warehousing and returns facility for Shop Direct Group, spanning 23 acres (93,000 m2). It has between 850 to 1,500 employees. Around 60 per cent are women and 25 per cent are from ethnic minorities. Almost the entire workforce are members of the trade union USDAW.

Shaw NDC stores over 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2) of products, and is made up of five buildings; three of which are converted cotton mills, built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and two state-of-the-art purpose built buildings added in the mid 1990s. The first, seen from Linney Lane, is a world-class £61million automated Bulk-Carton Storage facility. the second, which is accessed from Beal Lane, is home to a vast state-of-the-art packing hall and a distribution centre. The site is one of Europe's largest warehouse distribution centres.

The centre is the biggest private employer in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. with staff employed either through Shop Direct themselves or through the Blue Arrow work agency. The site is a recognised by the British Quality Foundation as an "Investor in Excellence".

Sodexo provides canteen services.