Name: About Us | Pickfords
Brand: Pickfords
Rating: 4.5 (3514 reviews)

About Pickfords

Pickfords, the UK’s largest moving and storage company, provides a large portfolio of services to a diverse range of customers and clients, including home owners, businesses and government departments.

At the heart of our culture is a blend of attitudes, beliefs and values and a mission shared by our management team and our employees.

Pickfords has been moving people for generations; today the name is synonymous with moving home or business.

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Our culture

Our culture has developed over our 400 year history and is the critical foundation which shapes the way we work, our systems and processes, our approach to our employees and customers and our impact on the wider community and environment.

Corporate Social Responsibility

As a national business, we recognise that corporate responsibility issues and the way we conduct our business are fundamental to the future of the company, to our employees, to our customers, suppliers and to the wider community.

Minimising the impact to the environment

Supporting the communities we serve

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Memberships

Pickfords is a leading contributor to the Trade Associations which underpin quality standards within the removals industry.

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Quality

Pickfords’ aim to provide the highest possible quality of service, has lead to the development of Pickfords’ ‘Moving with Quality’ initiative, a nationwide programme of customer evaluation, best practice procedures and performance improvement planning, continuous training and review. This approach, combined with our external quality management systems, underpins the way we do business for our customers.

"I am one very happy customer; your staff were very efficient and very professional. Thank you very much."

Millicent Sesi - Moved from Harrow to Forest Hill, South London

"Very happy with the removal to my home."

Customer Moved from Buckinghamshire to West Sussex

"The men were on time and so helpful and friendly. Would recommend them any time."

Customer moved from Hampstead to Richmond

"Very happy with Pickfords Man and Van service, very fast service and excellent packing, the crew were awesome."

John Devin - Moved from Hampstead to Hampstead

Great duo Clive & Paul from @Pickfords orchestrated a fantastic home removal for us. Can't praise them enough for all their help. Thanks lads

Cathy Medlock

fantastic move today can't recommend Pickfords highly enough.

Jonathan Rettig

"@Pickfords Amazing removals today from John, (dad) John (son) and Dan. Did you proud and big thanks from us to such a great team!"

Chris Armstrong

"Fantastic moving team yesterday. Thanks to Keith, Alan & Dave aka Chuckle Bros @Pickfords Hampshire depot for making the move painless & fun."

Jennie Byrne

Doff of the cap to @Pickfords - Absolutely superb service in moving my aunt on Friday.

Neil Skinner

And we're in. Thanks to great service from @Pickfords. Now the unpacking begins

Richard Borrett

Amazing job by @Pickfords moving us down to Bude. Surpassed all expectations, great service.

Nick Swan

good fun when your movers are massive gamers! Very quick and lovely guys- thanks @Pickfords

Caitlin Goodale

"Thanks to @Pickfords for moving us from Falmouth to Southampton without a hitch, driver was a hero on his own."

Trevor Parmenter

"Amazing effort from Pickfords lads! Full packing service, 7 hrs all in and they barely broke sweat! Fantastic service. Thanks @Pickfords"

Gill Allen

"@Pickfords #Bath, thank you Andy,Russ,Luke, Nick and Leanne! You're amazing!"

Julia Sawalha (Ab Fab actress)

"Fantastic service from Daniel and Mike from @Pickfords Bath depot, they are a credit to your company."

Barry Coombs

Great team from #Pickfords doing our pack up. Vince, Sam & 2 others. Out of Gloucester yard. #moveday @Pickfords

Amanda Williams

So @Pickfords are doing a wonderful job but I'm sitting around trying not to get in the way and failing!

Jennifer Middleton

Moving @keshadden up to Scotland today - lovely team from @Pickfords are making it a stress-free experience :)

Charlie Hadden

@Pickfords thanks to the crew who took us from Stowupland to Hitcham today - great service!

Lyndsey Powell

@Pickfords thanks for the amazing service today, your lads waited for 5 long patient hours whist we had to wait for our keys!!!

Simon Richardson

Thank you so much to the wonderful moving team @pickfords who made our day so much easier.

Jennifer Brizman

@pickfords tony and his team yesterday were brilliant! please pass on our thanks :)

Hayley Whelan

@Pickfords the team you sent for our #sw13 #move are brilliant! Thanks

Julie Brownson

"Heroes of the day: @Pickfords Edinburgh's Sparky and Allan! Thanks so much guys!! Total life savers. #blessed #faithinhumanity"

K.A. Farrell ‏(@k_a_farrell)

"Your guys Martin, Dane and Bogdan doing a great job packing us up in Bristol today @Pickfords"

Joanne S (‏@jojosim)

"The guys from the Preston branch of @Pickfords are great - majority of the house packed in under 3 hrs! #moving"

‏@beautybythebun

"The boys in blue have arrived! @Pickfords looking after us briliantly."

Natalie Silverman ‏@NATCHATPRO

BIGGEST THANK U @Pickfords Inverness Adam Stevens & Joan Kildae are SUPERSTARS, my sons 'organised to move' very different to mine #rescued

Gina Long MBE (@geewizzgee1)

@Pickfords fantastic team of Gerry, Paul and Brendan #smooth hassle free move for downsizing elderly parents #Milton Keynes

Tracy Franklin (@forge55)

@Pickfords thank you for sending in a lovely friendly, organised team to take the stress out of our move! Lovely group of guys

@jaimecollins76

Big thank you to @Pickfords team that had me this morning, you moved me very swiftly and easy

@sammy1986

TY @Pickfords for making the move out of my flat as painless as possible! See you next week for the move into the new home!

Tom Forman (@EarnestlyTom)

Very impressed with @Pickfords not even an hour here and the upstairs is empty - good job guys

@CallMeDougan - Moved to Manchester

hi @pickfords great job so far with your South west London removal team today :)

@Harlexyrocks

It's moving day!!! Off to #York for the next chapter thanks for the help @Pickfords great service

David Hawthorne (@dhawthorne7791)

Can't thank @Pickfords enough for handling our house move so well. Great team of guys - all with patience humour and diligence. 👍👍👍

Steph Bradley (@freedomsaddlery)

Scott, Jack, Darren, Nicky & Bruce @Pickfords are our new favourite people. So accommodating and a joy to pack up our flat with!! 📦💪

Helen Adams (@hma502)

Really impressed with the service from Move Consultant Danny Jackson @pickfords! No longer worried about the move. #thankyou

@Misbah_Haque

@Pickfords you're online support agents are nothing short of brilliant ! Keep up the good work !

@3othmanB

Cannot recommend @Pickfords highly enough. Movers were efficient, punctual, thoughtful & friendly. Made this move as painless as any can be.

Piali Das Gupta (@PialiDG)

Huge thanks to these men for the hard work on helping us move house @Pickfords

Ben Stokes (England cricketer) - moved to County Durham

Have to say the @Pickfords team were stars today, they must have melted in this heat today but they kept on smiling...

Simon J. Wilding (@tango_one)

Huge thanks to Tony, Jordan and the team from @Pickfords who did an amazing job moving Mum & Dad. A superb team and top guys! 🚛🚛

Mike Rea

Thanks @Pickfords for delivering so efficiently.

GIll Crawford

"Never used @Pickfords before but they are great. Courteous and swift."

John Clarke

"Thanks for very smooth office pack up - grateful for professional efficient service as always @Pickfords"

Debra Jackson

""Marks & Spencer service at Aldi prices." This is one of the many reasons I've been really impressed with @Pickfords."

Dave Sharpe (@dmsh_)

Great job by @Pickfords this morning. Thankyou so much The house move has begun. #Lancashire here we come 😆

Stef Jackson-Horner (@sjacksonhorner)

"Hats off to the crew of guys from @Pickfords that helped us moved yesterday; their smiles and laughs made a stressful day manageable"

Andrew Lambert

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