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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Martyn Landi

Apple’s UK engineering teams have ‘doubled in size in five years’

The US tech giant said it now supported 550,000 jobs in the UK (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

Apple’s investment in the UK over the last five years has now surpassed £18 billion, with the technology giant’s engineering teams in the country doubling in that time, the iPhone maker has said.

The US tech giant said it now supported 550,000 jobs in the UK through direct employment, its supply chain and the economy around its App Store – with app developers having earned nearly £9 billion since it launched in 2008.

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