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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

Daniel Bennett

02 September 2021 • 1 min read

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

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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