Amazon has said that it created 10,000 new permanent roles in 2015, the most it has ever created in a single year in Europe and has pledged to create more in 2016.

Xavier Garambois, vice president, Amazon EU Retail, said: “We are seeing stronger demand than ever from our customers all across Europe, and we see lots more opportunity across Amazon’s businesses to invent and invest for the future. We created over 10,000 new jobs in 2015 and plan to create several thousand more in 2016 at all education, experience and skill levels, from speech and linguistic scientists to digital media experts to fulfilment centre and customer service associates.”