Amazon is investing in three regional hubs across the UK, creating more than 1,000 new skilled jobs in a move UK trade secretary Liam Fox hailed as a "signal to the world that the UK is very much open for business".

The internet giant will open a new office in Manchester, to house at least 600 new employees working on software development, machine learning and research and development.

It will also grow its existing development centres in Cambridge and Edinburgh, adding 180 new roles and 250 roles in each city respectively.

In Edinburgh, work centres around new advertising technology and personalised shopping recommendations, while in Cambridge, the retailer focuses on innovations in Alexa, Prime Air drones and its cloud computing division AWS.

Doug Gurr, Amazon's UK country manager, said the new roles were "Silicon Valley jobs in Britain and further cement our long-term commitment to the UK".

"It's all about investment in really great people," he added.

Since 2010, Amazon has invested more than £9.3bn in the UK alone, opening 17 fulfillment centres in the region. By the end of the year, it will be employing more than 6,500 people in corporate, Amazon Web Services and research and development divisions.

The latest roles come on top of the 650 Amazon said it would be creating at AWS and at its development centres in June, as well as a whole slew of positions in its fulfillment centres.