Amazon to create 2,500 jobs in the UK

Tech giant to boost workforce by 20 per cent as it looks to fill tech and corporate roles

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Amazon is to begin a major hiring spree with plans to appoint 55,000 new staff to technology and corporate roles globally, the company's new CEO Andy Jassy told Reuters. Jassy, who took over fro...

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