A COURIER company has announced it is creating dozens of jobs in Wrexham in the run up to Christmas.

Independent parcel carrier, Yodel, has announced it is hiring 76 (55 couriers and 21 warehouse) jobs in Wrexham to prepare for the busy Black Friday and Christmas shopping peak times.

These openings form part of Yodel’s UK-wide recruitment drive, with the carrier creating 3,000 additional roles nationwide.

Yodel expects to handle up to 53 per cent more parcels over the next three months as consumers ramp up spending ahead of the festive season.

The parcel carrier has already seen significant growth in parcel volumes this year supported by multiple new contract wins and renewals across with some of the UK’s biggest retailers. This is as well as strong growth of its consumer-to-consumer deliveries, with volumes up 20 per cent in the last two years.

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Mike Hancox, CEO of Yodel, said: “As we head into the busiest time of year for retailers, we’re expanding our workforce to meet the boom in demand for parcel deliveries as the ecommerce market continues to go from strength to strength.

"Wrexham is an incredibly important site within Yodel’s national operation, and we look forward to welcoming more colleagues on-board to strengthen our peak period.”

“We’re committed to supporting our network of couriers and providing a competitive range of benefits, and our partnership with Onsi Pay will enable us to continue leading the industry on this front. We’ve already seen high registration rates amongst new colleagues and are exploring a wider roll out of the platform to existing colleagues in the near future.”

For more information, visit www.yodeldriver.co.uk or text ‘Deliver’ to 84433 to learn more about specific roles at Yodel.