Amazon’s Economic Impact in the UK

Explore the map below to see Amazon's economic impact in nations and regions across the UK.

London

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £19.6 billion in London
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed over an estimated £16 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support

Created more than 13,000 full and part-time jobs
Over 3,200 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Over 770 apprentices in the region

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

London has more than 23,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £1.1 billion of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Felix’s Multibank in London, co-founded by Amazon and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2024, has donated hundreds of thousands of surplus goods to families in need across London
Amazon has donated more than 10 million meals to The Felix Project, we provide weekly logistics support, and a £500,000 donation towards a new South London depot

Inner London - West

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Inner London - West has over 4,400 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £260 million of export sales in 2023

Inner London - East

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £60 million in Inner London - East

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Inner London - East has around 6,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £300 million of export sales in 2023

Outer London - East and North East

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £3.6 billion in Outer London - East and North-East

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Outer London - East and North-East has over 4,600 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £95 million of export sales in 2023

Outer London - South

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £4.7 billion in Outer London - South

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Outer London - South has over 2,300 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded around £120 million of export sales in 2023

Outer London - West and North West

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £2.1 billion in Outer London - West and North-West

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Outer London - West and North-West has over 6,300 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded around £360 million of export sales in 2023

North East

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £4 billion in North East
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed an estimated £3.3 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support

Created around 6,500 full and part-time jobs
Over 3,800 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Over 220 apprentices in the region

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

The North East has around 2,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £50 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across the North East

Tees Valley and Durham

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £2.4 billion in Tees Valley and Durham

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Tees Valley and Durham have over 800 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £20 million of export sales in 2023

Northumberland and Tyne and Wear

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £1.3 billion in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Northumberland and Tyne and Wear has around 1,200 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £30 million of export sales in 2023

North West

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £3.4 billion in the North West
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed over an estimated £3 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support

Created over 7,000 full and part-time jobs
Over 3,300 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Over 510 apprentices in the region

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

The North West has around 13,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £320 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Brick-by-Brick Multibank in Wigan, co-founded by Amazon and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2023, has donated over 1 million surplus goods to families in need across the North West
Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across the North West

Cheshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £1 billion in Cheshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Cheshire has over 1,100 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £40 million of export sales in 2023

Greater Manchester

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested around £1.9 billion in Greater Manchester

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Greater Manchester has over 7,700 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £180 million of export sales in 2023

Lancashire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £10 million in Lancashire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Lancashire has over 2,200 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £60 million of export sales in 2023

Merseyside

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £400 million in Merseyside

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Merseyside has around 1,500 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £25 million of export sales in 2023

Cumbria

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £30 million in Cumbria

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Cumbria has over 300 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £4 million of export sales in 2023

Yorkshire and the Humber

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested around £3.8 billion in Yorkshire and the Humber
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed over an estimated £3.7 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support

Created more than 5,000 full and part-time jobs
Over 1,300 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Around 250 apprentices in the region

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Yorkshire and the Humber has over 6,600 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £180 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across Yorkshire and the Humber

North Yorkshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £10 million in North Yorkshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

North Yorkshire has over 750 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £20 million of export sales in 2023

South Yorkshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £2.1 billion in South Yorkshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

South Yorkshire has over 1,300 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £20 million of export sales in 2023

East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £140 million in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire have over 850 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £55 million of export sales in 2023

West Yorkshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £1.6 billion in West Yorkshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

West Yorkshire has over 3,600 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £80 million of export sales in 2023

East Midlands

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £5 billion in the East Midlands
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed an estimated £4.5 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support:

Created over 8,000 full and part-time jobs
Over 990 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Around 410 apprentices in the region

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

The East Midlands has over 6,300 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £210 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across the East Midlands

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £2.1 billion in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire has over 2,300 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £53 million of export sales in 2022

Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £2.8 billion in Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire has over 3,100 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £130 million of export sales in 2023

Lincolnshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Lincolnshire has around 800 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £21 million of export sales in 2023

West Midlands

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £5 billion in the West Midlands
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed over an estimated £4.6 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support

Created more than 6,500 full and part-time jobs
Over 640 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Over 420 apprentices in the region

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

The West Midlands has over 8,800 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £450 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across the West Midlands

Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £825 million in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire have over 1,600 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded around £45 million of export sales in 2023

Shropshire and Staffordshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £40 million in Shropshire and Staffordshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Shropshire and Staffordshire has around 2,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £70 million of export sales in 2023

West Midlands

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £4.1 billion in West Midlands

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

West Midlands has around 5,200 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £330 million of export sales in 2023

East of England

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £7.8 billion in the East of England
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed an estimated £6.8 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support:

Created around 9,000 full and part-time jobs
Over 740 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Over 460 apprentices in the region

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

The East of England has over 8,700 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £350 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across the East of England

East Anglia

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £2.4 billion in East Anglia

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

East Anglia has over 2,800 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £100 million of export sales in 2023

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £3.1 billion in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire has over 3,200 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £170 million of export sales in 2023

Essex

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £2.2 billion in Essex

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Essex has over 2,600 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £76 million of export sales in 2023

South East

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £3.8 billion in the South East
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed an estimated £3.5 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support

Created more than 4,500 full and part-time jobs
Over 380 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Over 350 apprentices in the region

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

The South East has over 11,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £560 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across the South East

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £2 billion in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire has over 4,100 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £260 million of export sales in 2023

Surrey, East and West Sussex

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £620 million in Surrey, East and West Sussex

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Surrey, East and West Sussex has around 3,700 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded around £160 million of export sales in 2023

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £270 million in Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Hampshire and Isle of Wight has over 2,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £75 million of export sales in 2023

Kent

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £620 million in Kent

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Kent has around 2,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded around £55 million of export sales in 2023

South West

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £2.9 billion in the South West
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed an estimated £2.8 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support

Created more than 5,000 full and part-time jobs
Over 630 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Over 350 apprentices in the region

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

The South West has over 5,800 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £200 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across the South West

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested around £2.6 billion in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area has over 2,600 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £95 million of export sales in 2023

Dorset and Somerset

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £75 million in Dorset and Somerset

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Dorset and Somerset has over 1,600 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £65 million of export sales in 2023

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £30 million in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly has over 500 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £8 million of export sales in 2023

Devon

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £140 million in Devon

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Devon has over 1,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded around £25 million of export sales in 2023

West Wales and The Valleys

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £1.9 billion in West Wales and The Valleys

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

West Wales and The Valleys has over 1,300 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded around £70 million of export sales in 2023

East Wales

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £100 million in East Wales

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

East Wales has over 1,300 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £40 million of export sales in 2023

Scotland

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £3.5 billion in Scotland
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed an estimated £3 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support

Created around 3,000 full and part-time jobs
Over 130 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme
Over 200 apprentices in Scotland

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Scotland has around 4,000 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £160 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

The Big House Multibank in Fife, co-founded by Amazon and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2022, has donated over 2 million surplus goods to families in need across Scotland
Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across Scotland

Eastern Scotland

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested around £2.6 billion in Eastern Scotland

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Eastern Scotland has over 1,500 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £85 million of export sales in 2023

West Central Scotland

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £830 million in West Central Scotland

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

West Central Scotland has around 1,500 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £60 million of export sales in 2023

North Eastern Scotland

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £35 million in North Eastern Scotland

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

North Eastern Scotland has over 250 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded around £5 million of export sales in 2023

Highlands and Islands

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £7 million in Highlands and Islands

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Highlands and Islands has over 150 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £550,000 of export sales in 2023

Northern Ireland

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested around £110 million in Northern Ireland
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed over an estimated £110 million to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support

Created more than 100 full and part-time jobs

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Northern Ireland has over 1,300 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £45 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across Northern Ireland

Wales

Investing in the UK

Since 2010 Amazon has invested over £2 billion in Wales
This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed over an estimated £1.8 billion to the region's GDP since 2010

Employment and skills support:

Created over 2,000 full and part-time jobs
Over 180 people have completed Amazon's employability skills training programme

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Wales has over 2,600 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £110 million of export sales in 2023

Amazon community impact

Cwtch Mawr Multibank in Swansea, co-founded by Amazon and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2024, has donated hundreds of thousands of surplus goods to families in need across Wales
Our employees regularly volunteer and Amazon provides financial grants to food banks, schools, and community organisations across the Wales

Southern Scotland

Investing in the UK

Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £1 million in Southern Scotland

Supporting small businesses to grow and export

Southern Scotland has over 600 SME selling partners
Small business from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £8 million of export sales in 2023

Glossary

Here is a glossary of terms you might find useful

Operational Facilities

Our UK fulfilment network consists of a variety of building types using state-of-the-art technology to support customer fulfilment:

Fulfilment Centres: We have more than 20 fulfilment centres across the UK, which can employ more than 1,500 full-time associates. In these buildings, Amazon associates pick, pack, and ship customer orders and many work alongside Amazon Robotics, learning new skills and helping create a more efficient process to meet customer demand.
Sortation centres: These sites focus on sorting customer orders by final destination and consolidating them onto lorries for faster delivery.
Delivery stations: We have dozens of sites across the UK where we prepare customer orders for last-mile delivery to customers. Amazon delivery providers enable our fast, everyday shipping.

Research and Development Centres

We invest heavily in research and development with three world class development centres across the UK focused on cutting-edge technology to help create new technologies for our customers:

Edinburgh - In Edinburgh (Amazon’s first development centre outside the US, established in 2002) the team build the algorithms that power Amazon’s unique search and discovery capability to personalise the shopping experience for customers, making it easier for them to find the products they want from the hundreds of millions available on Amazon around the world.
Cambridge – Our teams in Cambridge help to build and continually improve the knowledge systems within Alexa, the cloud-based voice service used on devices including Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Fire TV and Fire TV Stick.
London– We opened a new head office in Shoreditch in 2017 as part of our long-term commitment to the UK. As mentioned above, the office is also home to our London Research and Development Centre which primarily focuses on supporting our global Prime Video business.

Corporate Offices

London – We opened a new head office in Shoreditch in 2017 as part of our long-term commitment to the UK. The office is also home to our London Development Centre which primarily focuses on research and development for our global Prime Video business.
Manchester - Based in the iconic Hanover Building in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, the site is home to hundreds of highly skilled tech and non-tech employees, including software development engineers, solutions architects, applied scientists, business development specialists and finance analysts.

Amazon Studios

Amazon Studios creates and produces original films and television series for a global audience. We are proud to invest in the creative industries and the wider economy. The map shows a selection of film and television shows we have either created or produced since 2020 across the country.

Permanent Employees

In 2021, Amazon announced that it will create more than 10,000 new permanent jobs, taking our total UK workforce to more than 55,000 people by the end of the year. Find out more here. The map shows where our permanent employees work across the UK.

Apprenticeships

We’re investing in apprenticeships by creating 1,000 new full-time apprenticeship roles in 2021 across 25 different schemes – from automation engineering and broadcast production, to robotics and safety technicians. The map shows where our current apprentices work across the UK. Find out more here.

Employability Programmes

We run pre-employability skills training programmes across the UK to re-skill candidates and build the confidence of those who have been longer-term unemployed. Known as sector-based work academy programmes, we guarantee interviews for any candidates who complete these courses. The map shows the number of candidates who have completed our employability training programmes across the UK.

Investing in the UK

The map breaks down the total investment Amazon has made since 2010 in regions across the UK. Keystone, an independent macroeconomic consultancy, has also estimated the impact of those investments on the UK’s GDP over the same period.

Selling partners

The map shows the number of selling partners selling on Amazon’s stores – most of which are small and medium sized businesses – as well as the total value of seller exports. Find out more here.

Magic Breakfast

We partner with the charity Magic Breakfast to ensure vulnerable children have access to healthy breakfasts - the fuel their young minds and bodies need to make the most of their morning lessons. Over the past year we have delivered over 4 million meals across the UK, and those deliveries are broken down by region on the map. Find out more here.

Operational Facilities

R&D Centres

Corporate Offices

Amazon Studios

* All investment figures cited in this map are estimated by Keystone, an independent consultancy, who conducted research into Amazon UK's economic impact between 2010 and 2023
** Map details correct as of September 2024

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Investing in the UK

Our total permanent workforce of around 75,000 employees makes us one of the top 10 private sector employers in the UK. Our employees are spread across the UK in a variety of corporate and technology functions in Amazon and Amazon Web Services (AWS), including software development, product management, and engineering, as well as jobs in the operations teams in our fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations. We recently made a further £3.5m commitment to our apprenticeship fund to create career opportunities for people across England, bringing the total investment pledged to £12m since 2020. In the last 10 years (since 2014), we’ve made direct investments in our UK operations of more than £64bn. These direct investments raise the economic activity in a given region, and creates a ripple effect through the economy as the firms that supply goods and services to Amazon expand and associated household spending increases. In 2023, we invested more than £1.5bn in infrastructure as we continued to fit out our fulfilment centres with the latest robotics technology, including a new £450 million state-of-the-art fulfilment centre in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham which opened its doors in October 2023.

£64 billion invested in the UK since 2014
75,000 permanent roles created by Amazon in the UK

Our footprint across the UK

We have invested in the UK to build the digital and physical infrastructure to deliver products and services to millions of customers. Our staff work at sites across the length and breadth of the country, including Head Office in London, corporate office in Manchester, R&D centres in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Swansea and London, and our state-of-the-art fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations across the UK.

4 research and development centres in Edinburgh, Swansea, London and Cambridge
25+ fulfilment centres and dozens of delivery stations across the UK

Employment and skills support

Amazon employees have great opportunities to progress their careers, whether through improving existing skills or promotion into a managerial role. Amazon’s fully-funded apprenticeship programme, from entry-level through to degree-level, provides an exciting path for future team leaders, engineers, and innovation drivers. And for those who see their future outside Amazon, the Career Choice programme offers funding for adult education, pre-paying 95% of tuition and associated fees - up to £8,000 over four years - for nationally recognised courses. Subjects range from accountancy to HGV driving and software developing, and are designed to help employees pursue careers beyond Amazon if they wish to do so.

£10 million will be invested to train up to 5,000 employees in new skills.
In the past five years Amazon has onboarded more than 3,000 apprentices.

Empowering small businesses

More than half of all physical product sales on the Amazon store in the UK are from independent selling partners, most of who are small and medium-sized businesses. Around 100,000 UK SMEs now sell on Amazon, many of which are located outside of London. SMEs based in Manchester, Belfast and Glasgow selling on Amazon recorded some of the highest average annual revenues, surpassing the average annual revenue of London-based sellers. Amazon also provides small business owners, start-ups and entrepreneurs with tools and opportunities to succeed, like the Amazon Small Business Accelerator. Hundreds of thousands of businesses have accessed the Accelerator since it was launched in 2020 as a direct response to the impact of the pandemic on the startup and SME community.

100,000 UK-based SMEs sell their products in Amazon’s stores
UK small businesses selling on Amazon recorded over £3.8 billion in export sales in 2023.

Amazon in the community

We look to leverage our scale for good and our ability to innovate to strengthen communities where our employees live and work. Our teams work side-by-side with community partners to build long-lasting solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges. Our multibank network, established in partnership with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, donated more than 3 million surplus goods to help 400,000 families in need across the UK. We are also the official home of Comic Relief's iconic Red Nose and together with our customers and partners, we have raised over £4.8million to help the charity change lives. We support students and teachers with free STEM education programmes through Amazon Future Engineer and AWS, and through our disaster relief and response efforts we provide humanitarian support to organisations fighting large-scale natural disasters.

Over 3 million surplus goods to help 400,000 families in need across the UK
Over £4.8 million raised by Amazon as the home of the red nose