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The sharp rise in borrowing costs since Kwasi Kwarteng’s “mini-budget” means that most of Britain’s warehouses, offices and shopping centres will lose as much as a fifth of their value over the coming two years.

Amazon workers at a Coventry warehouse will become the first in the UK to take part in a formal strike ballot. 

Amazon is creating 4,000 permanent jobs in Britain, including for roles in warehouses set to open in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and Knowsley on Merseyside.

A record amount of space in big warehouses was taken up in the first half of this year, confounding fears that Amazon’s decision not to expand so quickly would leave a big hole in the market.

Investors were asked to vote today at Amazon’s AGM on whether the company should conduct an independent audit of warehouse workers wages and working conditions.

Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists have blocked more than a dozen Amazon depots across the UK as Black Friday protests cause severe disruption for drivers.

John Lewis is to open a 1m sq ft warehouse in Milton Keynes that will employ 500 people as it tries to meet surging demand for online shopping.

Ocado has cancelled thousands of orders after a fire at a fulfilment centre in south-east London on Friday.