L IGH T E R S I D E Harmony post lists Biddulphs sizeable accomplishments A recent LinkedIn article by Paul Bernardt of Harmony Relocation Network featured some of the notable accomplishments of southern African moving business Biddulphs International - which has Aliate oces in South Africa. According to the article, the fourth-generation company which has 16 branches across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana is considering expanding with further branches throughout the continent. The move will see it target more business in the region, where its often tricky terrain and dicult border crossings are among the challenges the company faces on a regular basis. Biddulphs also plays a part in South Africas transformation process through the governments Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) scheme, which aims to advance previously disadvantaged people through employment, education and training. The article cites some of the companys more notable jobs, including moving an entire national library a job that took 540 truckloads of books. It also moved the entire workforce of a large mining business, transfering not only the homes of thousands of employees, but also the contents of churches, schools and a police station, as well as livestock including pigs, cows and horses. The company also had the responsibility of moving exhibits from South Africas Eastern Cape to the Iziko Museum in Cape Town, which involved the handling of sizable elephant and girae exhibits pictured above. HIGH RELOCATION STEPS IN TO HELP COVID-HIT CHARITY High Relocation Worldwide Inc has donated furniture worth US$20,000 to the Salvation Army Korea Territory. The companys Managing Director, Bright Yoon, says the aim is to support the work for the charity in saving and improving lives. We are really delighted to support people who have been heavily impacted by COVID-19, he said. This has been an incredibly tough year for many so far and hopefully this donation will help those directly aected by COVID-19. 78 FF300 DecJan21 pp78-80 Lighter Side.indd 78 Kwak Yong Geun, Deputy Chief of the Salvation Army Korea Territory, thanked the company, saying: COVID-19 has severely impacted our charity activities and we need help now more than ever before. The Salvation Army Korea Territory plans to sell the donated furniture to support its rehabilitation centre for people suering from drug and alcohol addiction, and low-income and other families. Removal firm asked to remove clothes An online advertisement in the UK has called for a company to carry out a precise removals brief: their sta had to carry out the move in the nude. According to a report in UK regional paper Hertfordshire Mercury, the advert was placed on the Shift website by a naturist couple, oering 2,000 (approximately US$2,600) for a mover whose sta would do the job completely naked. It is certainly an unusual demand, but it illustrates the fact there may be some interesting untapped niches available to movers looking to broaden their portfolio. According to the report, Shift founder Jacob Corlett said: Obviously this is quite a unique request, however if this goes well and we see demand increase following this appeal, then theres no reason we wouldnt look at turning it into a fully fledged service. WWW. F I D I FOC U S . OR G 24/11/2020 11:47