Amazon to create 10,000 jobs nationwide

Amazon is to create more than 10,000 new jobs in the UK and launch a £10 million programme to help employees gain new skills, the online giant announced.

The move will take Amazon's total UK workforce to more than 55,000 by the end of year.

The company will open a parcel centre and four new fulfilment centres, as well as expanding its delivery station network, creating new permanent roles in engineering, human resources, computing, health and safety, finance, and those dealing with customer orders.

The North East facility will be created at Follingsby, on the outskirts of Washington and South Tyneside.

Anewfulfilmentcentrewill open in Hinckley, East Midlands, this summer, creating 700 new permanent jobs, and the company will also open a parcelcentreinDoncasterand newfulfilmentcentresinDartford, Gateshead, and Swindon thatwilleachcreatemorethan 1,300permanentjobslaterthis year.

Newjobswillalsobecreated incorporateoffices,webservices and operations networks in areas including London, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Cambridge.

Amazon also announced it will invest £10 million over three years to train up to 5,000 employees in new skills.

Amazon'sUKcountrymanager John Boumphrey said: "We're creating thousands of good jobs across the UK from a diverse range of roles with excellent pay and benefits. We're also delighted to be working with the British Chambers of Commerce on a pioneering approach to our Career Choice programme to provide the training, and skilled workers, needed to boost local economies right across the country.”