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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Saqib Shah

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Amazon axes charity programme that made donations on your behalf - Caught on Camera

Online retail titan Amazon is offering new warehouse recruits a £1,000 joining bonus as it looks to attracts staff amid a mounting hiring crisis. (Picture: PA Wire)

Amazon is ending its charity programme that made donations on behalf of customers every time they shopped.

The e-commerce giant said it will wind down the AmazonSmile service by February 20. As part of the programme, Amazon donated 0.5 per cent of a customer’s purchase to a charitable organisation of their choice at no extra charge.

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