JD.com eyes bid for Evri

China’s biggest online retailer JD.com is said to be in talks about a potential bid for parcel delivery company Evri.
The British firm, which was formerly known as Hermes UK, drafted in advisors earlier this year to explore its options, including a possible sale of the business that could value it around £2bn.
Evri’s private equity owner Advent took out a dividend of £762m from the business two years after its acquisition and has saddled it with a debt pile of more than &