Courier firm planning nationwide expansion after help from Amazon
NORTH YORKSHIRE firm JMHC Logistics, a major courier for internet giant Amazon, is expanding rapidly and aims to reach nationwide coverage next month.
The Tadcaster-based firm is recruiting across Scotland, Tyneside and the North-West of England and founder Rebecca Hall says she wants to see more women enter the expanding courier industry.
The firm will reach nationwide coverage once it opens its Torquay site on October 4.
The company has expanded its driver network to 400 drivers over the past four years and is increasing its driver pool by a further 380 drivers in the run-up to Christmas.
The company has seen rapid growth since it was founded as JM Hall Couriers in 2004.
The business started in Hull with just one delivery route in the area and it has grown from a turnover of £50,000 a year to £10m. The firm now has 440 vans.
The group’s rapid expansion began in 2013 when it started working with Amazon, leading to expansion across Yorkshire from Hull to Leeds.
At the moment, just 10 per cent of the firm’s drivers are female and Ms Hall is keen to rectify this. The firm has started an e-learning academy to train up more drivers.
Ms Hall said: “The academy shows women that they won’t have to lift massive parcels. A lot of our items through Amazon can be delivered through the letter box.”
Amazon is now the firm’s biggest customer and the internet giant has supported JMHC’s rapid growth.
“Amazon was a great help early on – the advice and knowledge they passed on to me was outstanding,” said Ms Hall.