SMALL businesses in Bolton have exported more than £12million of goods through Amazon in 2020, a report has revealed.
The 2021 Amazon UK SME Impact report revealed that more than 400 small and mid-size enterprises in the borough exported products last year, selling on Amazon.
Valued at more than £12million, this was an increase of 66per cent from 2019.
Across the UK small and mid-size businesses selling on Amazon have created 175,000 jobs and have recorded over £3.5billion in export sales in 2020.
During the pandemic many businesses went online for the first time in order to adapt.
Over 14,000 UK SMEs selling on Amazon surpassed £100,000 in sales, and over 1,000 reached £1 million in sales for the first time in 2020.