The American corporation Amazon has announced plans to invest £40 billion in the UK economy between 2025 and 2027.
According to the company’s statement, the investment will be used to expand its logistics and technology base. In particular, there are plans to build four new logistics complexes, launch additional order sorting centres, and modernise and expand the existing operational network, which covers more than 100 facilities across the country.
The company plans to build four new order processing centres, two of which will be located in the East Midlands and the rest in Hull and Northampton.
In addition, the company plans to open additional delivery points across the country, modernise more than 100 existing operational buildings and open two new offices at its corporate headquarters in East London.
Amazon promises a minimum wage of £28,000 for full-time employees from the regions and £30,000 for workers in London. As part of this large-scale investment, the company is offering more than 60 different positions, including robotics specialists, security experts and mechatronics engineers.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy emphasised that the company’s investment is not limited to London and the south-east, but covers communities across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The plan also includes an £8 billion investment in the construction and development of data centres in the UK, which Amazon announced earlier in September 2024.
Amazon is already one of the ten largest private employers in the UK, with more than 75,000 employees in the country.
