Amazon to hire more than 15,000 people in seasonal jobs to help service UK customers during the festive season
The seasonal roles are in addition to the 75,000 permanent employees Amazon has in the UK, offering competitive wages and benefits. Amazon is hiring for more than 15,000 seasonal positions across its UK network of receive centres, fulfilment centres, sortation centres and delivery stations during the festive season. Pay for these Operations roles start at a minimum of £13.50 p/h rising to £14…
Cambridge students go behind the scenes at Amazon coding day
A special event hosted by Amazon saw students from colleges in Cambridge learn more about computer science, AI, and machine learning at the local Amazon Development Centre. Students from two Cambridge colleges swapped the classroom for the Amazon Development Centre in the city when they took part in a special STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) event.
SMEs in Cambridge exported more than £4.5m of goods through Amazon in 2020
UK small and medium-sized businesses selling on Amazon have created 175,000 jobs in the UK and last year achieved £3.5bn in export sales.
Amazon continues to invest in Cambridge with a new team focused on Amazon Scout
Amazon today announced a new investment to expand research and development of autonomous delivery technology in the UK with the creation of a new team at its Cambridge development centre.
Cambridge teenagers inspired for careers in tech with Amazon
Students from Long Road Sixth Form College enjoyed a day out with a difference last week when they attended a Skillathon event at Amazon’s Cambridge Development Centre.
Amazon expands Women in Innovation bursary programme at University of Cambridge
Bursary intake to double each year at Churchill College in the University of Cambridge and two other leading universities, offering more young women assistance in pursuing STEM career opportunities
Amazon expands Development Centre in Cambridge
Amazon today announced a significant investment to boost its research and development in the UK with the opening of a new Development Centre site in Cambridge this autumn. The new building in the heart of the city will have capacity for over 400 highly-skilled employees including machine learning scientists, knowledge engineers, data scientists, mathematical modellers, speech scientists and…
Amazon and the UK CAA invite schoolchildren across the UK to ‘Design a Drone'
Contest aims to raise awareness of how to fly drones safely and the potential benefits of the technology. National winner will tour the Amazon Prime Air Development Centre in Cambridge and win prizes for their school
Junior inventors get inspired at Amazon event
Local girls and boys with an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) have been given an inspiring look behind the scenes at Amazon’s Cambridge Development Centre during a special skills event.
Local Robogals team up with Amazon Cambridge for inspiring event
A Cambridge team that’s part of a global organisation dedicated to encouraging girls to embrace science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) has announced the launch of a special event with the nearby Amazon Development Centre.
Latest SME Growth Tracker reveals UK SMEs expect accelerating revenue growth in the New Year
The fourth quarter SME Growth Tracker, a report by Capital Economics commissioned by Amazon UK and Enterprise Nation that assesses growth prospects and views on the broader UK economy from small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), finds that SMEs have increased their growth expectations for the coming 12 months, despite losing some confidence in their business prospects and the broader UK economy…
Amazon announces winners of inaugural 'Design a Drone' competition
The innovative and inspiring ideas of six Cambridgeshire primary school pupils have won top places in the Amazon ‘Design a Drone’ competition.
Final week for Cambridgeshire schools to enter Amazon’s ‘Design a Drone’ competition
Primary school pupils across Cambridgeshire have just this week left to complete their entries to Amazon’s ‘Design a Drone’ competition, with 900 having already signed up.
Amazon invites Cambridgeshire schoolchildren to ‘Design a Drone’
Winners will tour Amazon Prime Air Development Centre in Cambridge and win prizes for schools