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Online Retail Store To Create 1,000 New UK Jobs

The company has disclosed plans to create a thousand new job in the UK at its distributions centres.

Popular online retailer, Amazon, has revealed plans to create at least 1,000 new permanent jobs in the United Kingdom at its distribution centres.

According to a BBC report, the company intends to add these new jobs to its existing 6,000 workforce in its distribution and customer service centres.

John Tagawa, Amazon's director of UK operations said: "As we see greater demand, we are able to rapidly grow our talented team across the UK."

Presently, the comapny has 8 active UK distribution centres.

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Amazon has also said that it could not provide a regional breakdown of where the new positions would be created, but they would cut across its distribution centres in Doncaster, Dunfermline, Gourock, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keyens, Peterborough, Rugeley and Swansea Bay.

The firm said it had already increased its workforce by 2,000 people over the past two years.

The internet retailer said it had also made changes to the way its staff worked "for the benefit of its entire workforce".

These changes include staff now working four longer days a week of 10 hours per shift and share grants for staff who have worked for the firm for more than a year.

It said permanent staff started on an average of £7.39 per hour, and could earn up to £8.90 per hour after 24 months.

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