Amazon.com Inc will add over 2,500 permanent jobs in Britain, taking the US retail giant's UK workforce to nearly 28,000, however it has refused to comment on whether it made a bid for Waitrose last year.
The company said the jobs will be in head office, research and development, web services and operations roles.
Apart from nationwide goods deliveries, Amazon's services include video streaming and a digital home assistant known as Alexa.
