Chemical Franchises

Redundancy can be one of the most devastating experiences in life, but for some it can be a blessing in disguise. Nigel Colson, owner of Ovenclean Swindon decided to take the leap into franchising after being made redundant.Having faced redundancy from his Regional Manager role in the home furnishings industry, Nigel decided he wanted a complete change of direction in his working life.Nigel explains “I wanted a complete change, but still customer facing. A successful business where I was not in...

A SMART car body work repair franchisee is celebrating after renewing his franchise following 25 years in the business.Steve Giles was one of ChipsAway’s first franchise partners in the UK, setting up just one year after the brand was established in 1994. Following a quarter of a century in his mobile business, which covers the Farnham, Camberley and Fleet areas, Steve, 58, has committed to another five years with ChipsAway.Despite having to close his doors during the lockdown of Covid-19 – whic...

A father and stepson duo of car repair technicians are celebrating after completing work on their 7,000th vehicle through their automotive repair franchise business. Robert Ashmore and Jonathan Foster, who run the ChipsAway Car Care franchise Centre within the Lincoln franchise territory, have achieved the milestone just three weeks after emerging from a complete halt on operations, inflicted because of COVID-19. Following a surge of enquiries for their services as the UK emerges from lockd...

During the COVID-19 lock-down essential service provider and franchisor, The Kleaning Company (TKC) have worked hard to make sure everyone is safe and that their business is in the very best shape in 2020 and beyond. A key part of their strategy has included opening two new franchise branches. Bella Hollis has quickly followed their first franchise launch within the south-east by opening her new cleaning franchise business in the midlands franchise territory during a time when they are seeing gr...

We have some fantastic news to share with you all! The Kleaning Company franchise group has just been awarded Phase 2 at New Covent Garden Market by Vinci Construction where we will be required to be working at a height of 14 metresIn other news, Wembley Park is progressing well, Block 3B was handed over in February; Block 4 will be handing over this month, and finally Block 5 in April. It’s been an epic project with some 741 units over 4 blocks for McAleer & Rushe. Work is also progressing wel...

So how does The Kleaning Company do so well in such uncertain times?First and foremost, the construction cleaning market is huge. To date no-one has actually calculated the exact size of the market however The Kleaning Company’s Managing Director Daniel Twiselton estimates the after build cleaning market to be worth £600 million, saying that: “Our clients budget around 0.5% of their build cost to cleaning so with construction output at around £120 billion a year we estimate this m...