Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation
52.1 - Warehousing and storage

2,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
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://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74098.