Amazon to expand UK workforce with 2,500 new jobs this year

Amazon is to create 2,500 permanent jobs in the UK in 2018, taking the total UK workforce to 27,500 by the end of the year.Amazon said that growing investments in British research and development and increasing customer demand were factors behind the expansion.The company is also expanding its AmazonFresh, Amazon Business, Amazon Fashion, Prime Now, Prime Video, Amazon Music, Amazon Echo products and services, as well as its AWS cloud computing operations which contribute the most to Amazon's re