1. Evri was originally named after a deity in the Ancient Greek Region

Before the company got remained to Evri in the UK, which stands for: “every parcel, every person, every place, every delivery made for you”, Evri was called Hermes everywhere for decades.

Except in the UK, the company remains under the name “Hermes”. It was named after the Greek Deity 'Hermes' - who in the ancient Greek religion acted as the protector of human heralds, travellers, merchants, and orators. The Evri Group is not the only modern-day company named after this ancient figure.

Some of these companies include:

• Hermes Airlines

• Hermès - The luxury-end goods giant

• Hermes Press

2. Company Founded After 5 Years Of Planning

The company was founded as Evri-Paket-Schnelldienst on June 1, 1972, by the German mail-order company Otto Versand and the Werner Velbinger Organization after 5 years of planning. The company aimed to create a postal service that would deliver parcels for the Otto mail order catalogue business and that would be independent of Swiss Post.

The reason behind the Otto group's partnership with the Werner Velbinger Organization was the fact that the latter already had a parcel delivery service, which it bought to Evri and which helped the company grow quickly.

3. The Winged Logo

Since 2010, the international Hernes logo has been in the shape of a bird's wing, made of three shaded blue bars, which are said to represent speed and quickness.

4. Self-Employed Couriers

Evri has been successful in lowering delivery costs for the company itself and consumers alike by using self-employed couriers, on a massive scale. By using self-employed couriers, who drive their vehicles, Evri has been able to offer customers shipping quotes at a lower price than other companies that maintain fleets of delivery vehicles and have thousands of employees working as delivery drivers.

5. Evri Fast Facts

• Evri delivers over 240 million parcels a year on behalf of 40% of the UK’s leading retailers and supermarkets. Some of their clients include: include: ASOS, Tesco, John Lewis, and Debenhams.

• Evri was the first-ever privately-owned delivery company to provide delivery services in East Germany, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

• In 2015, Evri had a turnover of over 2.4 billion Euros. Evri employs over 15,000 people worldwide and has operations in dozens of countries around the globe.