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Evri will merge with DHL’s UK parcel delivery business to create a combined courier firm handling more than a billion parcels and a billion letters a year.<\/p>\n
DHL focuses on faster, secure higher-value deliveries of items such as computers or phones, whereas Evri handles much larger volumes of lower-value goods such as clothing.<\/p>\n
Evri’s deliveries are handled by self-employed couriers using their own vehicles, while DHL’s parcels are delivered by a combination of couriers and the company’s own fleet of vehicles.<\/p>\n
The companies hope that combining the two operations will offer “greater choice” and “cost-competitive solutions” in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Evri said the deal will also expand its international delivery capacity by giving it access to DHL’s global network.<\/p>\n
DHL’s e-commerce business will be renamed “Evri Premium \u2013 a network of DHL eCommerce”.<\/p>\n
DHL delivers a billion letters a year in the UK, mainly for businesses sending out bulk mail to clients \u2013 and the merger will see Evri offer a letter service for the first time. <\/p>\n
It hopes to use this service to handle deliveries of smaller items as well as letters.<\/p>\n
The group said its combined operation will have access to a network of 15,000 out-of-home delivery points in shops and lockers.<\/p>\n
With about a billion parcels a year, the merged business would get closer to Royal Mail’s parcel volumes. It delivered 1.3 billion parcels and 6.7 billion letters last year, according to its annual report.<\/p>\n
Martijn de Lange, the chief executive of Evri, said that over the last decade Evri had “grown ten-fold in size”. <\/p>\n
He added the merger would “further expand our access into the European and global e-commerce markets”.<\/p>\n
After the merger DHL will acquire a minority stake in Evri – financial terms have not been disclosed. <\/p>\n
DHL’s other services in the UK, such as the DHL Express international delivery service are not included in the deal.<\/p>\n
The merger is still subject to approval from the Competition and Markets Authority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n