March 3, 2006

Irish language skills lure Amazon

Online retailer Amazon is to move its European customer service centre from the UK to the Irish Republic, to take advantage of better language skills.

In a 2005 European Commission poll conducted by Eurobarometer, 30% of UK inhabitants surveyed said they could speak a second language at conversational level.

In Ireland, this figure was about a third higher at 41%.

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