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‘We provide your first £1,500
worth of customers that can
equate up to £10,000 of
turnover, giving you the best
possible start in business.’
Nigel Owen-Thomas, Founder
Your first customers provided
Get a head start in lawn
franchisee already has 1527 customers, Over the next five years
care with a LawnHopper
®
and he’s been trading for under a year. LawnHopper
®
aims to establish a
“Secondly, we actually provide network of dedicated franchisees, each
franchise, which provides
customers for our new franchisees. committed to providing the highest
This means that once franchisees have standard of lawn care. Nigel concludes:
a proven business model
completed their two weeks’ training, “This is a high profit industry where the
and low-cost franchise
which includes certification for the use rewards are personal as well as
of herbicides, they can launch their financial. Horticulture is a nice industry
package including your
business with actual customers, which to work in and LawnHopper
®
is an
first customers, reports
gives them a head start.” honest and friendly company.”
Rachel Spaul
Stuart Latimer - Durham, Darlington,
Middlesbrough, and Newcastle SUMMARY
L
awnHopper
®
is a pioneer of franchisee, says…
lawn treatments in the UK. It “Nigel is genuine and honest and I
TYPE OF FRANCHISE:
is the brainchild of Nigel immediately felt I could trust him. The
MANAGEMENT
Owen-Thomas, who started the results speak for themselves - neither
INDUSTRY SECTOR:
company in 1995 having spotted a gap myself or my wife have ever been
NON-SEASONAL LAWN CARE
in the market for a company providing involved in horticulture, but after a
lawn care solutions tailor-made to the week of training we were confident IDEAL FRANCHISEE PROFILE:
different climates in the UK. enough to run four franchises.
Hard working and self-motivated people who
People who like working outside, “The beauty of a LawnHopper
®
like the idea of working outdoors and want to
are hard working, self-motivated and franchise is that you are left to your
build a multi-van operation.
eager to develop a multi-van business own devices and with any problems
are ideally suited to running a you just pick up the phone with great
LawnHopper
®
franchise. Nigel says the support at the end of it. YEAR ESTABLISHED:
franchise differs in several ways from “You pay the franchise fee for the
1995
other lawn care businesses available. privilege of using a company name that
“We were one of the first companies has already been tested and proven.
FRANCHISING SINCE:
to offer a complete lawn care service to The knowledge is already there, you
2006
homeowners in the UK,” states Nigel. are basically cutting out 5-10 years of
NUMBER OF FRANCHISEES:
“The business has been proven over trial and error.
14
many years and we have thousands of “We have 1527 customers and the
delighted loyal customers and receive business is turning over £68,000 after
INVESTMENT REQUIREMENT:
enquiries from all over the country. just eight months. By September/
£19,950 INCL. VAT
Since launching the franchise in October 2007 we expect to have around
February last year we have awarded 14 3000 customers.”
PRIORITY RECRUITMENT LOCATIONS:
franchises - our best performing
NATIONWIDE
FURTHER INFORMATION: Call: 0808 100 4000
email:
enquiry@lawnhopper.co.uk
visit:
www.lawnhopper.co.uk
LawnHopper, 2 Windle Court, Clayhill Industrial Park, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 3UH
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