Hermes Parcelnet, which trades as Evri, saw pre-tax profit slashed by over 50% last year as low customer confidence, high inflation, the cost of living crisis, the Ukraine War and a post-pandemic fall in online demand, all took their toll. However the company revealed this week that it is seeing better times this year, with […]
Amazon has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)–based technology that can spot even the smallest anomalies in delivery vans—from tyre deformities and undercarriage wear to bent or warped body pieces—before they become on-road problems. The retail giant is launching the new Automated Vehicle Inspection (AVI) in partnership with tech start-up UVeye in the the UK, […]
Two-person delivery specialist ArrowXL and delivery management platform Scurri have forged a strategic partnership which will allow retailers on the Scurri platform to deliver bulky and larger size online orders across the country. ArrowXL makes over two million deliveries on average each year, providing delivery coverage to 98% of the UK population, six days a […]
Parcel delivery company Evri is trialling two electric HGVs this month as it moves to reduce emissions in the first and middle mile of a parcel’s journey. The two Volvo FM electric trucks join the existing fleet, which includes 190 bio-CNG tractor units, 44 vehicles running on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), 168 electric vans and […]
Cambridgeshire-based family business Welch’s Transport has launched its net zero delivery service in Cambridge after taking delivery of a Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide 4×2 curtainside rigid, the first fully electric HGV on its fleet. The new 19 tonne E-Tech D Wide was selected to provide the first net zero delivery service in Cambridge, which […]
The Post Office has joined forces with parcel delivery company DPD to launch a new online parcel service with a dedicated sales website. The new service sees DPD strengthen its relationship with the Post Office following the launch of a click and collect service in 2021 that enables customers to pick up their DPD parcels […]
Evri has rolled out the use of e-cargo bikes by staff to its Wimbledon depot, following their deployment in Bristol, Edinburgh and Manchester. The parcel firm has partnered with electric fleet company Zoomo to operate 15 ‘telematically enabled’ electric delivery bikes in the South London district. The move follows Evri’s recent commitment to triple its […]
Delivery firm DX has opened a new depot in Deeside, Clywd, just days after taking on 15 sites previously operated by Tuffnells Parcels Express, after the rival company called in the administrators. The Deeside site is the first depot the group has launched in its new financial year and joins another nine depots which were […]
Parcel delivery company DX Group has invested another £3m to boost its fleet of electric vans for exclusive use in its delivery and logistics partnership with IKEA. The funding, which will see 53 new electric vans added to the fleet, is the group’s second major round of funding in electric vehicles for its IKEA contract. […]
Same day distribution company CitySprint has launched a major recriutment drive for 300 couriers from across the UK. The recruitment drive is focusing primarily on those applicants with small and large vans, as well as zero emission vehicles in larger areas. CitySprint is also looking to employ drivers for their electric vehicles, as company continues […]