Pickfords Travel
Pickfords is a long establiblished removals and storage business with branches throughout the UK and Ireland.
The company provides many to consumers and businesses including moving within the UK, moving to Europe and further overseas, business moving
and project management, employee moving services, small moves and packing materials.
Pickfords' travel agency business was the second largest in the UK in 1984 and included the Harry Leek chain as well as its own brand.
Pickfords Travel was sold to Airtours in 1992, when it comprised the Pickfords and Hourmont Travel brands; Hourmont had been acquired by Pickfords in 1987.
After Airtours acquired the travel agency business of Hogg Robinson in 1993 it was merged with Pickfords and Hourmont Travel to form Going Places.