The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
1,500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 July 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Hermes UK, the British logistics company has announced that it is recruiting 1,500 new full-time employees including couriers and warehouse staff across the UK as well as workers at its head office in Leeds.
The company’s chief executive said the Covid-19 pandemic had given a further boost to the growth in online shopping and Hermes wanted to 'strengthen [its] infrastructure'. The company has recently opened a new depot in Nottingham, England, creating 100 jobs.
Hermes UK delivers packages on behalf of the high street, catalogue and online retailers and provides a delivery and collection service to members of the public and SMEs via doorstep collection. The company works with a network of over 10,000 couriers, the majority of whom are self-employed.
Eurofound (2020), Hermes (UK), Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 101571, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101571.
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