Evri announced that Amazon has made it an accredited Seller Fulfilled Prime carrier for its Prime service to deliver parcels on behalf of all merchants on the e-commerce giant’s website and Evri has said it'll give them the opportunity to grow its business by several million parcels a year.

Evri received accreditation for the Amazon Prime service by completing a rigorous 6-week trial, during which it consistently met or surpassed Amazon’s requirement to successfully deliver parcels to stringent standards.

A key requirement of the trial was that Evri could collect the parcels after 4.30pm from Monday to Friday and after 12.30pm on Saturday from the merchants within the UK, to then deliver to recipients the next day, anywhere in the country.

Evri already delivers to individual consumers on Amazon and this new Prime collaboration will allow about 85,000 UK SMEs on the Amazon store to select Evri as their delivery provider across Prime and non-Prime orders, reflecting its status as the value for money carrier on the website.

David Saenz, E-Commerce Director at Evri, said:

“This new collaboration with Amazon Prime is an important milestone for Evri. It demonstrates, once again, that Evri is a parcel industry disruptor that is helping to bring down the cost of delivery for consumers and businesses, and offering a fast, reliable, and cost-effective service to compete with the UK’s traditional carriers."