Amazon to hire 1,000 apprenticeships in pandemic- battered UK

Amazon brought a little cheer to Britain’s pandemic- battered labour market on Friday, saying it will recruit more than 1,000 apprentices in 2021.

Britain’s unemployment rate hit 5% in November, its highest since mid-2016, according to official data.

The retail sector has been particularly badly hit by the coronavirus crisis. According to the Centre for Retail Research, the sector lost 177,000 jobs in 2020, with a further 200,000 expected to be shed this year.