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| Amazon to create 2,500 UK jobs | Amazon to create 2,500 UK jobs |
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| Amazon says it will take on 2,500 new permanent staff in the UK this year, bringing its total number of UK employees to 14,000. | Amazon says it will take on 2,500 new permanent staff in the UK this year, bringing its total number of UK employees to 14,000. |
| The online retailer will also create thousands more jobs elsewhere in Europe. | The online retailer will also create thousands more jobs elsewhere in Europe. |
| It is investing to expand its European operations, including its warehouses, known as fulfilment centres. | It is investing to expand its European operations, including its warehouses, known as fulfilment centres. |
| The company currently employs 40,000 people in Europe and last year created 10,000 jobs. | The company currently employs 40,000 people in Europe and last year created 10,000 jobs. |
| It says it has invested more than €15bn (£11.5bn) on European infrastructure and operations since 2010, with £4.6bn in the UK. | It says it has invested more than €15bn (£11.5bn) on European infrastructure and operations since 2010, with £4.6bn in the UK. |
| Amazon said the jobs would be added across its business operations in the UK. | |
| These include posts at its new London head office, which is under construction, and at three research and development centres, in Cambridge, Edinburgh and London, as well as at a customer service centre in Edinburgh. | These include posts at its new London head office, which is under construction, and at three research and development centres, in Cambridge, Edinburgh and London, as well as at a customer service centre in Edinburgh. |
| 'Quality' workforce | |
| It will also be hiring people for its 10 warehouses and its new fashion photography studio in London. The new Amazon Web Services data centre, due to launch next year, will also need new staff as will local delivery centres. | It will also be hiring people for its 10 warehouses and its new fashion photography studio in London. The new Amazon Web Services data centre, due to launch next year, will also need new staff as will local delivery centres. |
| "Britain has a world-class tech sector with a reputation for innovation and excellence," said Amazon UK's managing director, Christopher North. | "Britain has a world-class tech sector with a reputation for innovation and excellence," said Amazon UK's managing director, Christopher North. |
| "These new jobs we are creating up and down the country are testament to the quality of the workforce in the UK and our confidence in its economy, which we are proud to support through our continued investments," he said. | "These new jobs we are creating up and down the country are testament to the quality of the workforce in the UK and our confidence in its economy, which we are proud to support through our continued investments," he said. |
| Since Amazon launched Amazon Fresh, its full online grocery delivery business in the US in 2007, there has been a lot of speculation about when a similar service might be introduced in the UK. | |
| The company refused to comment on its future plans for bringing Fresh to the UK. | |
| Last year it launched the more limited Amazon Pantry for dry goods and the Amazon Prime Now mobile app, which offers one-hour delivery on a range of about 200 grocery items. | |
| Those businesses will be taking on new staff as they expand. |