Amazon to create 10,000 new UK jobs

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 said.

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.

A new fulfilment centre will open in Hinckley, East Midlands, this summer, creating 700 new permanent jobs, and the company will also open a parcel centre in Doncaster and new fulfilment centres in Dartford, Gateshead, and Swindon that will each create more than 1,300 permanent jobs later this year.

New jobs will also be created in corporate offices, web services 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.