Allied Pickfords Australia

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Allied Pickfords Australia
Founded1926
Headquarters
Australia
OwnerSIRVA
Websitewww.alliedpickfords.com.au

Allied Pickfords Australia is a moving company in Australia. It maintains 40 branches across all states of Australia, and over 600 locations worldwide providing removal services across the entire country, and is a subsidiary of SIRVA.[1][2]

History[]

Allied Pickfords Australia was established in 1926 as family-owned moving company named Downard Transport. In 1973 a joint venture was formed with Gascoyne Trading Company to enter the interstate freight forwarding market between Victoria and Western Australia.[3] In 1982, British-based Pickfords, bought the company to form Downard Pickfords.[2][4][5][6]

In 1991, as part of a global rebranding exercise, Downard Pickfords became Allied Pickfords.[7] In 1996, Allied Pickfords was included in the sale of Pickfords by the National Freight Corporation to Allied Van Lines.[8] In 1999 Allied Van Lines was purchased by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and merged with North American Van Lines to become SIRVA.[2][9]

In August 2020, as part of global rebranding, the company changed its name from Allied Pickfords Australia to Allied, remaining a SIRVA subsidiary. The movers and drivers are often referred to in country as Allied Removalists.[10]

Business[]

Allied Pickfords Australia has 400 year-round employees, with an additional 50-100 seasonal workers during the removals busy season, November to February.

References[]

  1. ^ Office Locations Allied Pickfords
  2. ^ a b c About Allied Pickfords
  3. ^ Vic and WA transport groups in joint operation Freight & Container Transportation April 1973 page 8
  4. ^ Pickford acquires Downard operations Truck & Bus Transportation January 1982 page 84
  5. ^ Removalists Canberra Times 18 July 1982 page 15
  6. ^ NFC buys into American market Commercial Motor 26 May 1984
  7. ^ New identity for Downard Pickfords Truck & Bus Transportation December 1991 page 9
  8. ^ Pickfords moves to US control The Daily Telegraph 15 September 1999
  9. ^ NFC and Ocean forge £3.2bn alliance to exploit e-commerce Archived 17 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine The Independent 22 February 2000
  10. ^ "ALLIED PICKFORDS IS NOW ALLIED". Retrieved 4 August 2020.

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