Amazon Extends U.K. Hiring Spree as Brexit Uncertainty Lingers
- Retailer to add 2,500 jobs in 2018, boosting British force 10%
- Expansion plans come amid heightened political instability
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Amazon.com Inc. plans to expand its U.K. workforce by 10 percent this year, despite continued uncertainty over what Brexit will mean for the British economy.
The online retailing giant will create 2,500 British jobs in areas from machine learning to customer service, Amazon said in a statement. The company added 5,000 U.K. workers last year.