Facebook is increasing its UK workforce to 1,500 and investing in new headquarters in central London

Facebook will today pledge to create 500 more jobs in the UK in another vote of confidence from America’s technology giants in post-Brexit Britain.

Google last week reaffirmed its commitment to the country with plans to expand its workforce from 4,000 to 7,000 by 2020. That followed Apple’s decision to move its headquarters to six floors of Battersea Power Station.

Facebook will confirm London’s status as the technology capital of Europe when it unveils plans to increase its UK staff level from 1,000 to 1,500 in the coming years. It is already investing in new headquarters in Fitzrovia in central London next year.

Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook’s vice-president of Europe, Middle East and Africa, will say: “The UK remains one of the best places to be