Evri looking to recruit 160 couriers in the Bradford area

The company has today announced plans to recruit 8,000 additional couriers across the UK this year.

Evri said the number of parcels being delivered was now higher than during the pandemic years, when lockdowns and the shift to remote working caused home deliveries to boom.

This has been sparked by online shopping at high street retailers as well as fast-growing new businesses and second-hand platforms.

Evri, formerly known as Hermes, will see its workforce of self-employed couriers grow to 28,000 after the hiring spree as it prepares to deliver up to four million parcels on busy days.

Martijn De Lange, chief executive of Evri, said: "We know that service, reliability and quality are critical factors for our clients and consumers.

"We have an industry-leading 99 per cent on-time delivery rate and our couriers have received more than three million five-star reviews on Trustpilot and customers using our own app rate their courier 4.7 out of five on average.

"New client wins and increased parcel volumes are proof of the trust customers have in our service - and our biggest-ever recruitment drive promises to deliver another record year."

A spokesperson from Evri added: "Today, couriers typically earn around £16.50 per hour and can enjoy the flexibility of delivering parcels any time between 8am and 8pm.

"Couriers will often be delivering in their local area, within familiar surroundings and usually not too far from home to accommodate their other commitments."

The spokesperson added that Evri had "enhanced its courier package and has recently partnered with Onsi to give all self-employed couriers, both new and existing, access to new benefits including Digital GP, mental health support, discounts at supermarkets and on fuel".

"This is additional to their existing benefits scheme and is completely free of charge," they added. 

Evri last week revealed it had agreed to be bought by Apollo Global Management.

It means it will move from current owners Advent International, a different private equity firm which bought the business prior to its rebrand.

In past years, Evri was impacted by complaints of slow and missing deliveries, with an MP last year questioning whether it should be investigated over "poor customer service".

It has more recently invested millions of pounds in customer service improvements and says 99 per cent of its deliveries are made on time.

To find out more about job opportunities with Evri, visit www.beacourier.co.uk