Amazon to create 10,000 jobs in Britain this year

FILE PHOTO An Amazon logo is seen at its centre in Darlington County Durham Britain September 3 2020. REUTERSLee Smith

FILE PHOTO: An Amazon logo is seen at its centre in Darlington, County Durham, Britain September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith

LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon will create 10,000 new permanent jobs in the United Kingdom in 2021, taking its total workforce in the country to more than 55,000, it said on Friday.

The announcement provides a welcome boost to Britain's precarious labour market, with unemployment running at almost 5%.

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