Amazon has signed a lease for 210,000-square-foot offices in central London for 1,600 employees "as it expands further into sectors such as book publishing and television production," the Telegraph reported. Several hundred current employees will move into the space by the end of the year.
The paper observed that this is "Amazon's second major property investment in the capital in less than a year and comes as the company faces criticism over its avoidance of British taxes. Its most recent accounts showed it received more in government grants than it paid in corporation tax in 2012."