Amazon Confirms £40 Billion UK Investment, Creating Thousands of Jobs

Amazon has confirmed a £40 billion investment plan for the UK over the next three years.

• The investment includes building four new fulfilment centres in Hull, Northampton, and the East Midlands, creating over 4,000 jobs across these sites, plus additional positions at new delivery stations nationwide.
• A portion of this investment, £8 billion, was previously announced in September 2024 for building, operating, and maintaining data centres in the UK, supporting AI compute capacity and expected to contribute £14 billion to the UK economy over 5 years (2024-2028), supporting 14,000 full-time equivalent jobs annually.
  This significant investment underscores the UK government’s “Plan for Change” and “Modern Industrial Strategy” in attracting major international business and fostering economic growth and job creation.