Furniture Movers Gladstone

Phone: (07) 4979 1177 | 5 Bentley Street, Gladstone South, QLD | Web: http://www.alliedpickfords.com.au

Allied Pickfords Gladstone is the number one furniture relocation company in Central Queensland. Allied will move you locally, interstate and overseas. Also secured storage depot. Cartons for sale. Phone Helen or Lucia to get a no obligation free quote.

WOMEN MOVING THE WORLD


Two friends had foresight 5 years ago and put their hands up to enquire about a franchise with Allied Pickford's Removal Company. With a combined 47 years experience and expert knowledge of the removal industry, their beloved company had no hesitation in offering Lucia and Helen the Gladstone Franchise. Thus, five years ago, they began a new career path as two women in a rather male dominated industry.

When the girls began the franchise journey, they took the initiative and both sat for and attained Forklift licences. Lucia also bit the bullet and decided to sit for her HR Licence which she now holds with great pride and shows off to anyone that will listen, and those that won't! Helen and Lucia are also hands on Managers and when times get tough the tough get going, and there they are, out packing homes, loading furniture, driving trucks, and loading containers.


Best things about the removal industry:-

Helen:-
I have always aspired to own and succeed in my own business. This is one dream that is still in the making and I am very much enjoying. That the business just happens to be a furniture removal franchise is an added bonus.

Lucia:-
I never had any aspirations to own a business, but now I am in the midst of the business sector, I am loving every minute of it. I was the manager at the Gladstone branch for a short while before taking over the franchise and one of my funniest moments was when I had a staff member come and query his wages for driving a HR truck. He said "Lucia, if I get X amount of dollars for driving a truck, what would I get for pulling a dog?" My answer, "A jail sentence". It took him a few seconds!

Helen and Lucia-:
The girls say that the best thing to come out of the Furniture Removals industry is the friendship that they have forged.


Worst things about the removal industry:-

Helen:-
As we work in a mining area, finding staff is extrem....