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Transportation / Storage 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage 52.1 - Warehousing and storage
2,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
6 September 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
Amazon has announced plans to create up to 2000 new jobs across the UK.
The new jobs will include positions in computing as well as human resources.
The company has already opened a depot in Hemel Hempstead creating 600 new jobs and it plans to open two more depots in the coming months.
Sources
6 September 2012: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Amazon, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 74098, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74098.