Amazon is set to cut more than 18,000 jobs worldwide as part of plans to slash costs.
It is understood the job losses, the largest layoffs programme in the company's history, will include the UK and Europe. But the firm has not given details of how each country will be affected.
The online retail giant, which employs around 1.5 million people globally, had warned in November of job cuts without confirming a figure, but said it had found more roles would need to be axed as part of an in-depth review of its business.
