courier headquarters hamburg germany area served united kingdom italy austria germany china russia key people marc dessing chief operating officer products parcel delivery website www.hermesworld.com hermes group is a parcel delivery company headquartered in hamburg germany with operations also in austria italy china russia and the united kingdom . 1 contents 1 operations 1.1 germany 1.2 united kingdom 1.2.1 myhermes 2 references 3 external links operations edit germany edit in germany hermes logistik gruppe hlg is the country s largest post independent provider of deliveries to private customers . hermes has been the official premium partner of the bundesliga since 2013 . 2 united kingdom edit in the uk hermes processes 200 million parcels each year . the company operates a network of nearly 10 000 independent couriers that provide doorstep delivery . 3 through this network hermes provides delivery services to many online retailers in the uk including next directory asos tesco john lewis debenhams arcadia group and asda 4 in september 2013 hermes was named the best mail home delivery solution provider at the ecmod direct commerce awards . 5 in 2014 the company was named as the second worst parcel delivery services in the uk by a consumer survey with 30 % of customers rating their experience as bad . 6 in january 2016 hermes confirmed that the 2015 peak period was its busiest to date . during december 2015 the company processed 30.3 million parcels representing a 24 % increase on the previous year . the busiest day of the year fell on friday 4 december when hermes processed 1.4 m parcels . 7 in september the government requested that hm revenue and customs consider launching an investigation into hermes after workers alleged they received pay equivalent to lower than the uk s current minimum wage . 8 myhermes edit hermes also owns myhermes which was launched in 2009 . myhermes provides a delivery and collection service for smes and members of the public via doorstep collection and its myhermes parcelshops . 9 there are currently more than 3 500 parcelshops across the uk based in local supermarkets petrol stations and shopping centres . in 2014 hermes signed a partnership agreement with payzone to launch 1 000 myhermes parcelshops in payzone outlets 10 references edit hermes group . hermes group . 2014 . retrieved 26 december 2014 . hermes offizieller premium partner der bundesliga . hermes group . 2013 . retrieved 27 august 2016 . hermes expands to meet the growing demand hgv uk.com hermes wins asda s home delivery provider award courier and parcel news the delivery magazine . courier and parcel news the delivery magazine . news ecmod dc live supplier of the year awards winners revealed catex dca the only trade group for print and online catalogue marketers catex dca . catalogueexchange.co.uk . king mark 10 january 2014 . yodel and hermes named uk s worst parcel delivery firms . moneywise . retrieved 10 june 2014 . http postandparcel.info 70454 news hermes uk reports busiest peak season to date http www.theguardian.com politics 2016 sep 11 hermes may face hmrc investigation into allegations of low pay hermes launches 500 parcel shops in uk . postandparcel.info . logistics manager the online home of logistics manager magazine news jobs and features for supply chain professionals . . logisticsmanager.com . external links edit official website this european corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hermes group & oldid 744140189 categories european company stubsexpress maillogistics companies of the united kingdomlogistics companies of germanyhidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 10 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view