Amazon to create 5000 new jobs in the UK this year
The new roles will be based in London, Cambridge and Edinburgh
AMAZON is set to create more than 5,000 jobs in Britain this year, boosting its investment in the country once more even as it prepares to leave the European Union.
The online retailer, along with other tech giants such as Google and Apple, has increased its commitment to Britain in the last year, saying Britain's referendum decision to leave the EU last June did not affect its investment plans.
The plans to add over 5,000 jobs in 2017 is a record for Amazon in Britain, although at least 2,000 of the jobs had been previously announced.
There will be opportunities for software developers, engineers and technicians as well as those looking for on-the-job training.
It will hire as many people as possible from seasonal positions to make them permanent roles. The vast majority of the new jobs will be in London and in Edinburgh, as well as its development site in Cambridge.
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The moves would take its permanent workforce in the country to 24,000.
Doug Gurr, UK country manager at Amazon, said the jobs would provide "even faster delivery, more selection and better value" for British customers.
He added: “We are hiring for all types of roles from flight test engineers, software engineers and corporate managers in our development centres and head office, to operations managers, supervisors, engineers, service technicians, HR roles and order fulfilment roles in our fulfilment centres.”
Amazon's new head office in London will have capacity for more than 5,000 people by the end of the year, the firm said.
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