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📣We’re really pleased to announce that we've won the gold award for ‘Home Delivery’ and bronze award for ‘Best Business Response to the Crisis’ at the Awards International 2021! 🎉
The mental health and wellbeing of our colleagues is extremely important to us as we want to remove the stigma attached to mental health in the workplace. As it is Samaritans #TalkToUs month we spoke to Hazel Slingsby about her time so far as one of our mental health ambassadors. She said: "I’m helping Hermes build a culture where mental health can be discussed openly”. Read more on the attached link. ❤️ #mentalhealth #wellbeing
It’s #WorldWellbeingWeek and after a year like no other, it’s been more important than ever to look after our mental and physical wellbeing. Since January, we've held a number of online HIIT fitness sessions and yoga sessions for our parcel people to get involved in. Hundreds of our people across the business joined in with their families in a bid to keep active and socialise with others! 🧘♂💙
We've partnered with Emmaus UK to support their goal of ending homelessness. As well as fundraising and other activities, we're helping raise awareness by adding the Emmaus logo to our fleet! Read more below. 💚💙
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Nancy Hobhouse as Head of ESG to drive the business's environmental, social and governance agenda. Nancy will take up the newly created role, spearheading several key initiatives and developing an ambitious and robust ESG strategy. Her remit covers every aspect of the business from product development to operational changes around key touch points including alternative fuel usage, industry knowledge sharing and people-centric initiatives. Nancy said: "The Hermes team has shown real passion for ESG and I am very much looking forward to joining to help bring the business to the forefront of this agenda." Welcome to the team! To read more follow the attached link.
As part of our parcel people series we had a chat with Adam Hague, a Hermes courier dreaming of representing Team GB in the pole vault event at this years Tokyo Olympics. Adam said "The flexibility of working with Hermes has really helped me - the balance of work and training is just perfect." Good luck Adam! 🏅 Read more on the attached link.
We recently caught up with Gary Stidolph, Area Compliance Manager, who has been working for Hermes for over a decade! Gary tells us what tools have helped him cope with the challenges and the volumes brought about by Covid-19. He said: “Volumes have gone through the roof. To experience peak in April and May has been a massive shock to us. Normally for the traditional Christmas peak, you’d start planning months in advance so you’re prepared for it, but this just snuck up on us." Read more by following the attached link.
We're delighted to welcome John Clark to the new role of Director of Depots. John has a strong track record of delivering results and will be supporting the continuing growth of our business whilst ensuring that high service standards are maintained as we continue to deliver more than 640 million parcels this year.
We recently launched our mental health awareness programme as 43 parcel people across the business became Mental Health Ambassadors. Our teams received training from Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England to give them the tools to help those that need it most across the business. Vicky Connell , Head of Reward and People Services spoke with Talent in Logistics to explain more about the programme and plans for the future: "In the longer term we are hoping to see a change in our people’s perceptions of mental health, and to create a culture where people feel able and willing to have open and transparent conversations.” Read more by following the attached link. ❤️ #MentalHealthAwareness #itsgoodtotalk
We recently caught up with Curtis Campbell, who has shared his experience joining Hermes as a Junior Full Stack Developer during the start of the pandemic. Curtis, who has been working on the Leeds local delivery project, said: “The pilot started in central Leeds, Hermes’s home city, and it’s a similar vibe to street portering – eco-friendly, convenient and supports local business. With the high street in trouble, our plan is to provide a local delivery service for independent stores and market stalls and traders that don’t typically have an online presence.” To find out more about his journey so far, click on the link below. 👨💻
