Amazon to create 1,500 new apprenticeships in UK in 2022

LONDON: Amazon will create 1,500 new apprenticeships in the United Kingdom in 2022, it said on Wednesday.

The internet giant said it was offering 40 entry to degree-level apprenticeship schemes, including new schemes in the areas of publishing, retailing, marketing, and a programme focused on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).

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Amazon said it grew its permanent UK workforce by 25,000 in 2021, taking the total to 70,000.