Amazon plans further 4,000 UK jobs despite global slowdown, becoming one of UK’s biggest employers
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Online retail giant Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) said Thursday that it will create more than 4,000 new jobs this year, despite fears that rising inflation will hit consumer demand.
The move will make it one of the UKâs top 10 largest private sector employers.

The ecommerce group to become one of Britainâs biggest private employers but new hire numbers are sharply down on past two years.
The jobs will be permanent and bring the company's total UK staff to 75,000.
The new roles will span corporate, technology, as well as delivery and fulfillment positions, some of which will be based at warehouses opening in Wakefield and Knowsley later this year, the Seattle-based firm said in a statement on Friday.
The company currently has warehouse it calls "fulfilment centres" in Bolton and Swansea, and says it will continue to create roles away from London and city centres.
The company added that it estimates more than 85,000 British small and medium-sized businesses sell on Amazon, which "support an additional 250,000 jobs across the UK".
The online giant previously announced the creation of 1,500 new apprenticeships in 2022.
Amazon (AMZN) was included in Seeking Alpha's Catalyst Watch this week with the Prime Day event seen attracting attention.