Great news for those that work in the digital, creative, media and marketing sectors as Snapchat joins Google, Facebook and Amazon with large scale UK expansion plans.

Snap, the owner of Snapchat, has chosen to make the UK its non-US hub in a vote of confidence for the UK creative industries. With 75 staff currently occupying offices in Soho (UK) they are planning to see a significant increase with plans to open another site nearby.

A strong area of UK growth is likely to focus around engineering having recently recruited Ricky Leatham (formerly of Amazon).