Amazon will fund 350 apprenticeships and traineeships across TV, film and books, as new data shows its creative industry investments support 16,000 UK jobs - including 670 jobs in Scotland.
Analysis from independent macroeconomic consultancy Capital Economics shows that the e-commerce giant's investments in the creative industries supported more than 16,000 jobs in 2022, ranging from directly employed in-house designers to indirectly employed external producers.
The group also claims to have invested more than £4.2bn since 2010 across Kindle Direct Publishing, Amazon Publishing, Prime Video, Audible, Amazon Fashion, Amazon Music and Amazon Games.
