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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.1 - Activities of head offices
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 January 2020
Employment effect (start)
16 January 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
Amazon, the online retailer and tech company, has opened new corporate offices in Manchester and has announced that it will create 600 new jobs, including both non-tech and tech positions, offering roles in software engineering and applied science. The recruitment for new jobs is already underway.
Amazon already has three corporate offices in the UK, in London, Cambridge and Edinburgh – the Manchester office is the first one in the North West of England.
Eurofound (2020), Amazon, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 99815, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99815.
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