Evri has launched a recruitment drive for 2,500 new jobs across the UK.

The delivery giant is continuing to expand after merging with rival DHL’s UK ecommerce business earlier this year.

The parcel delivery specialist, which was previously part of the Hermes parcel group, was bought by US private equity firm Apollo for around £2.7 billion last year.

Evri also snapped up other businesses such as Coll-8 and UK Mail over the past year.

It will hire a raft of staff including in head office corporate positions, couriers, depot and hub workers, and roles in the former DHL operation, which will become Evri Premium next year.

Evri said the hiring spree comes on the back of a surge in parcel volumes, which rose by 12% to 425 million in the half-year to August 30, compared with a year earlier.

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