DHAKA: Amazon says it will take on 2,500 new permanent staff in the UK this year, bringing its total number of UK employees to 14,000.

The online retailer will also create thousands more jobs elsewhere in Europe.

It is investing to expand its European operations, including its warehouses, known as fulfillment centers.

The company currently employs 40,000 people in Europe and last year created 10,000 jobs, reports the BBC.

It says it has invested more than £11.5bn on European infrastructure and operations since 2010, with £4.6bn in the UK.

Amazon said the jobs would be added across its business operations in the UK.

These include posts at its new London head office, which is under construction, and at three research and development centers, in Cambridge, Edinburgh and London, as well as at a customer service centre in Edinburgh.

BDST: 1552 HRS, JAN 24, 2016
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