A loss of 30,000 jobs had been anticipated based on reporting from Reuters and The Wall Street Journal. Amazon workers' union in the UK, GMB, had said, based on those numbers, that "it is almost inevitable that many UK workers will lose their jobs".

AMAZON is to hire more than 15,000 seasonal workers in the busy run-up to the festive season, the online giant has announced. The jobs will be based across the UK at Amazon sites including

Amazon is planning to close all of its Amazon Fresh stores in the United Kingdom as it focuses on online grocery services. The e-commerce giant plans to shut 14 stores and convert another five into Whole Foods Market stores, it said in a statement Tuesday.

New figures released today show that Amazon has invested £2.8 billion in the East Anglia since 2010. The figures, taken from the latest Amazon Economic Impact Report, document Amazon’s investment in the East of England and across the UK over the last 15 years.

Prime Video is shifting a greater share of its overall TV spend to Britain, according to Amazon UK boss Chris Bird. Bird was speaking on a Royal Television Society (RTS) panel predicting the year in UK TV, alongside the likes of Fremantle UK boss Amelia ...

Amazon is set to shutter Book Depository, an online bookstore and competitor it acquired back in 2011. In the intervening years, Amazon has done little to integrate Book Depository, from a branding perspective at least. Indeed, there has never been any ...

Amazon is pivoting its grocery operations in the UK, announcing that it will close 14 of its Amazon Fresh stores in the country. The remaining five Amazon Fresh locations in the UK will be converted to the Whole Foods Market brand. Rather than the brick ...