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| 1954 |
Herbert Luxford dies, Joe Luxford takes
over the running of company which gradually stops working
as general haulage and begins to handle more domestic
removals |
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| 1960 |
Luxfords join the British Association
of Removers |
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| 1975 |
Luxfords join FIDI (Fédération
Internationale des Déménageurs Internationaux)
Entry standards are high so as to create a network of
quality companies each of which has confidence in the
others. |
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| 1980 |
Business continues to develop and diversify offering
domestic, commercial and international removals services
as well as containerised storage for household effects
and archive storage facilities.
Luxfords become a founder member of International Movers
Mutual Insurance (IMMI), a section of the BAR Overseas
Group specifically set up to offer a pre-payment guarantee
scheme on overseas moves ensuring that, in the event
of the removal company ceasing to trade, the goods would
still reach their destination. |
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| 1982 |
John Luxford starts work for the company |
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| 1998 |
Company move into new, purpose built offices
and warehouse on Brooklands Business Park |
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| 2000 |
Luxfords are one of the first removal companies
to achieve the Kitemark Standard BSEN12522 |
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| 2002 |
Luxfords achieve the Investors in People
Standard |
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| 2003 |
Luxfords achieve FAIM, the only worldwide
quality standard for removals |
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| 2006 |
New web site launched including on-line shop selling a range of packaging products. New vehicles purchased to complement existing fleet. Luxfords purchase a range of external self storage units |
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| 2007 |
New warehouse purchased on Brooklands Trade City to accommodate expanding conventional storage, to enable the company to expand into the trade storage market and to build a self storage facility within the new warehouse. Baler is purchased to enable all packing materials unsuitable for re-use to be recycled thereby reducing our carbon footprint
Luxfords joins the Self Storage Association |
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| 2008 |
All remaining fleet vehicles meet LEZ requirements to ensure full legislative compliance and operational flexibility
Joe Luxford, former Managing Director and President of the British Association of Removers in 1985, dies in May.
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| 2009 |
Luxfords receive the BAR Domestic Mover of the Year award for excellence in customer service, high standards in operations and facilities and full adherence to the BAR Office of Fair Trading approved Code of Practice |
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