who moved you?
Operational Staff
From answering your calls to fixing the trucks, there’s a lot more that goes on in the background than you might think.
moving you in more ways than one
Our Operational Staff
Handling with Care Since 1960.
At Purdie Worldwide we ensure that all of our staff are trained to International Removal Standards and undergo training on a weekly basis. Ensuring our employees are taken care of, ensures they take care of you. All of our staff and employees live locally and are all a part of their local community. This not only promotes our community spirit, but also allows to ensure 100% job completion and keeps morale amongst the crews at a high level.
Neil Purdie
Title: Managing Director
Service: 20 years+
Specialty: Calm under pressure
Tea or Coffee: Coffee to start then tea
Favorite Team: Hearts
Best Experience: Seeing families happy after the moving experience takes place. Too many to single out.
Worst Experience: None – Take everyday as it comes and deal with whatever happens as professionally as possible.
Archie Purdie
Title: Transport Manager
Service: 50 years+
Specialty: Forklift
Tea or Coffee: Tea
Favorite Team: Team Purdie
Best Experience: Starts once upon a time (some can’t be told) No 2 days are the same with challenges ahead!
Worst Experience: Living the dream, all good!
Robert Cooper
Nickname:
You would need to ask the guys!
Title:
General Manager
Service:
8 Years
Where did you grow up?
Bonnie Blackburn
Tea or Coffee?
None! Juice for the wean.
What would be your super power?
I would love to be able to fly – miss all the traffic
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I like walking my dog and listening to my record collection.
Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Either Giraffes or the Oor Wullie trails
Least Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Having to close our doors due to COVID
List 3 Items from your Bucket List:
Visit my brothers in Australia
Get another Vespa scooter (midlife crisis)
Take the kids to Disneyland
Stacey Adie
Nickname:
Stace
Title:
Accounts & Payroll Manager
Service:
20 Years
Where did you grow up?
Bathgate
Tea or Coffee?
Tea, 2 Sugars Black
What would be your super power?
Invisibility
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Socialise
Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Giraffe Contract and seeing them all about Edinburgh.
Least Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Chasing Debtors
List 3 Items from your Bucket List:
Travel as many countries as possible
Live Life to the fullest
Swim With Dolphins
Kirsty Brown
Nickname:
K or KB
Title:
Audit & Resolutions Manager
Service:
10 Years
Where did you grow up?
Livingston
Tea or Coffee?
Tea, just milk
What would be your super power?
Teleportation
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Walking my dogs & spending time with family
Favourite Removal Related Memory?
When we deliver goods from store and see customers settled after long waits to get into their property.
Least Favourite Removal Related Memory?
When things fall through for our customers
List 3 Items from your Bucket List:
Revisit Italy, visit Lapland, see my kids living life to the fullest and happy
Linda Gallagher
Nickname:
Linda
Title:
Removals & Storage Assistant
Service:
2 Years
Where did you grow up?
Blackburn
Tea or Coffee?
Tea
What would be your super power?
Time Travel
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Walking my dogs & spending time with family
Gemma Hendry
Nickname:
Gem or G-Dog
Title:
Overseas Manager
Service:
2 Years
Where did you grow up?
East End of Glasgow
Tea or Coffee?
Both. Strong with milk & sugar
What would be your super power?
Teleportation
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Spend time with family and friends. Cook and dine out.
Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Joining Purdie Worldwide
Least Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Turning shipments around if customers don’t settle in new country
List 3 Items from your Bucket List:
Travel to as many countries as possible.
Learn another language.
Win the lottery.
Mark Scoular
Nickname:
Scoular
Title:
Marketing & Business Development Manager
Service:
6 Years
Where did you grow up?
Uphall
Tea or Coffee?
Energy Juice.
What would be your super power?
To be able to fly
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Taking pictures, working on my race car and spending time with the family.
Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Giraffe About Town
Least Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Running CAT6 cable to our workshop. Never again!
List 3 Items from your Bucket List:
Skydive, Swim with Whales, See my kids have kids.
Sarah Lind
Nickname:
Saz
Title:
Operations Manager
Service:
8 Years
Where did you grow up?
Seafield/Blackburn
Tea or Coffee?
Coffee, Milk and 2
What would be your super power?
Teleportation
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Watch sports; mainly football, Formula 1 and NFL. Listen to music and attend live gigs. Travelling down to London to watch Arsenal Women play
Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Being involved with arranging delivery of the Giraffes to their new owners at the end of the project
Least Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Forgetting the front door was locked, setting the alarm then realising I had locked myself in the office and trying to unlock the door and get out before setting the full alarm off.
List 3 Items from your Bucket List:
Visit Las Vegas to watch the Raiders play in the NFL, attend a Formula 1 GP at Spa, See the Northern Lights
Keith Crookston
Nickname:
Mr Fix It
Title:
Chief Mechanic
Service:
2 Years
Where did you grow up?
Blackburn
Tea or Coffee?
None
What would be your super power?
I have been told I have super power
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Off roading
Shooting
Repair cars etc
Spending time with friends and family
Favourite Removal Related Memory?
The giraffes move in Edinburgh
Least Favourite Removal Related Memory?
Lifting a shed out gardens with a forklift
List 3 Items from your Bucket List:
You could be dead tomorrow
Just live life
