Amazon Plans 5000 New UK Jobs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39020080
So much for Brexit doom and gloom eh.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39020080
Online retail giant Amazon has said it will create 5,000 new full-time jobs in the UK this year. The firm said it was looking for a range of staff including software developers and warehouse staff.
There will be jobs at Amazon's head office in London, as well as in the Edinburgh customer service centre and in three new warehouses.
The recruitment will take Amazon's workforce in the UK to more than 24,000. Doug Gurr, the head of Amazon's UK business, said: "We are creating thousands of new UK jobs including hundreds of apprenticeship opportunities as we continue to innovate for our customers and provide them with even faster delivery, more selection and better value."
The company is opening three new warehouses, or what it calls "fulfilment centres", in Tilbury, Doncaster and Daventry.
The extra warehouse space will be used to cope with existing growth and to speed-up deliveries.
It will also handle deliveries for third-party retailers, who sell through Amazon's website and use Amazon for deliveries. Growth in those third-party sellers has been particularly rapid.
So much for Brexit doom and gloom eh.