Facebook opened its new London office on Monday and
said it would add another 800 jobs in the capital next year,
underlining its commitment to Britain as the country prepares for
Brexit.
The investment, which makes London the biggest engineering hub for Facebook outside the United States, was welcomed by finance minister Philip Hammond, who was given a tour of the new building located off the main shopping thoroughfare of Oxford Street.
Facebook announced the new investment in November last year, shortly after Google said it was building a new hub in the city that will be able to accommodate more than 7,000 employees in total.
The twin announcements were seen as a vote of confidence in London’s future as a technological hub despite the decision to leave the European Union which has thrown Britain’s future trading relationships into doubt.
The new jobs, which come 10 years after the company set up its first London office, will take Facebook’s total British workforce to more than 2,300 by the end of 2018, it said.
The investment, which makes London the biggest engineering hub for Facebook outside the United States, was welcomed by finance minister Philip Hammond, who was given a tour of the new building located off the main shopping thoroughfare of Oxford Street.
Facebook announced the new investment in November last year, shortly after Google said it was building a new hub in the city that will be able to accommodate more than 7,000 employees in total.
The twin announcements were seen as a vote of confidence in London’s future as a technological hub despite the decision to leave the European Union which has thrown Britain’s future trading relationships into doubt.
The new jobs, which come 10 years after the company set up its first London office, will take Facebook’s total British workforce to more than 2,300 by the end of 2018, it said.
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