The parcel delivery giant Evri, known to many as Hermes, operates across the UK, but if you've ever wondered about the wages their dedicated drivers take home, there might be a surprise in store.

Apollo is set to buy Evri from Advent International, the private equity firm which bought the company, then the UK operations of the Hermes delivery group, for one billion euros in 2020.

The bosses of two of Britain's biggest delivery firms have hit back at a claim people only work for them because they are "desperate". Carole Woodhead, of Hermes, said most of her couriers ...