Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has committed to UK expansion, despite uncertainty surrounding Brexit.

The retail giant has said it will create over 2,500 jobs in the UK this year including 650 head office roles.

Doug Gurr, the company’s UK and Ireland boss, said: “The UK is a fantastic place to do business.”

“We are trying to make sure all the businesses that work with us can continue to operate effectively … We don’t yet know exactly what the rules [on trading after Brexit] are going to be. We will wait and see what happens and adapt as necessary,” he added.

The group employed about 24,000 at the end of last year but hopes to increase this number to 27,500 by the end of 2018.

Building several new warehouses in the UK, the group hopes to employ experts in speech science and machine learning in order to develop its smart speakers and the Alexa personal assistant.

Amazon has invested £9.3 billion in the UK since 2010 and has created thousands of jobs. This is unlike retailers including Tesco (LON: TSCO) and Sainsbury’s (LON: SBRY), which have both cut thousands of jobs this year amid the Brexit uncertainty.

CEO Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan (LON: JMC) said that the group may cut over 4,000 jobs in the UK if a suitable Brexit deal isn’t reached.

Amazon is currently facing legal dispute over employment rights of delivery drivers. The group has also been criticised over the conditions for workers in warehouses.

Gurr has said he is “proud of working conditions across all parts of our business” and said the group runs public tours of warehouses and the public are able to see the facilities for themselves.

The Amazon boss has not commented on whether the group plan to buy Waitrose (LON: JLH) in order to expand the business.