AMAZON has launched its latest analysis of the company’s regional investment across the UK which shows the Warrington-based company has invested more than £750 million in Cheshire since 2010.
The Amazon UK Economic Impact Hub provides regional data on jobs created by Amazon locally, the number of regional independent small businesses supported by the company, the level of economic activity driven by Amazon’s investments and the export sales recorded last year by small businesses in Cheshire selling on Amazon.
The North West section of this interactive map shows a breakdown of Amazon’s investments and export sales figures for SMEs in Cheshire.
The site leader at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Warrington has:
- Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £750 million in Cheshire.
- This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed an estimated £800 million to the region’s GDP since 2010.
- To date, Amazon has created around 6,000 full and part-time jobs in the North West.
- More than 1,200 people in the North West have completed Amazon’s employability skills training programme since 2010.
- More than 100 apprentices in the North West have qualified from the Amazon Apprenticeship programme since 2010.
- In Cheshire, there are more than 1,000 small and medium-sized businesses selling on Amazon as independent selling partners.
- Small businesses from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £30 million of export sales in 2021.
- In partnership with the charity Magic Breakfast, Amazon delivered more than 870,000 healthy breakfasts to vulnerable children and schools across the North West in 2021.
“Amazon is a proud member of the community in Cheshire, investing over £750 million in the region since 2010 to support local businesses, create jobs and make a positive contribution to the regional economy,” said James Pitt, Site Leader at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Warrington. “We help more than 1,000 small businesses across Cheshire sell on Amazon and reach customers around the world, and we also continue to support community organisations across the region through donations and volunteering. Recently, we have donated to a range of good causes including Warrington Youth Zone and Walton Lea Partnership, while working with Magic Breakfast to deliver healthy breakfasts to vulnerable children and schools.”
More details about Amazon’s economic impact in the UK can be found at https://impact.aboutamazon.co.uk/
