The online giant amazon to create 2,000 jobs in the UK added to their work force to almost 30,000. This shows confidents in the British economy, with last year’s figures of 2,500 UK job’s added by Amazon 5,000 in 2017 when it opened a new head office. Doug Gurr, UK country manager, said, Amazon will continue to invest in its British business.
Gurr Said: 'The UK is a fantastic hub for global talent and the exciting, innovative work that takes place here benefits Amazon's customers around the world.' It is creating roles for engineers, software developers, data scientists and cloud and machine learning experts.
Amazon reached out to smaller online firms giving them a helping hand to grow their business by opening pop up stores, however, this came with a back fire due to concerns that its low tax bill gives it the upper hand over stores hit by hefty business rates bills and rents. Amazon pays just £63million in business rates.
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