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scrubbing machines. It wasn’t long before he moved again to a shop with an office in Timperley to deal with the increasing demand.
Both Martin and Linda were very hands on in the early days – covering every job role possible. Friday evenings were spent delivering wages and cleaning supplies to the cleaners. Mum even became Floorbrite’s first salesperson, wearing 1970’s white, knee length boots and a mini skirt. Unsurprisingly, she did very well.
Over time, as the cleaning team steadily grew and business continued to flourish, Floorbrite moved twice more to industrial locations in Sale, employing office staff for the first time. Martin held legendary Christmas Warehouse parties and ‘Scrubbers Balls’ in The Embassy rooms in Sale, where everyone was invited.
Floorbrite now had large offices and a purpose-built warehouse to ensure the company could cope with rising demand, but Martin’s outlook never faltered. Always at the helm and able to put a name to all staff members, he was the first to arrive and last to leave the office. When work got a bit too hectic, Alex, Nik and I and our services were enlisted during school holidays to ease the load. All four of us proudly continue running the business today, Linda as Chairman, Alex and Nik as joint Managing Directors whilst I took on the role of Marketing and Brand Director.
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Floorbrite is a true family business and with the help of a second generation’s hard work, commitment and passion, we have seen the business expand from the North West into Yorkshire, the Midlands and now throughout the rest of the UK. In our dad’s famously understated words, we are “coming along” nicely.
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Sadly, Martin was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2007 and passed away at the age of 61 in 2010. Although he is no longer here with us, his legacy continues to live on through Floorbrite; we’re a multi-million-pound family-run business, with over 1600 staff. 2018 saw us move our warehouse operations to a second larger site and in 2019 we launched a full rebrand and structurally transformed and renovated our existing head quarters to become a market leading, purpose-built training facility, while our office expanded to include new social and welfare areas available for all staff to use.
By diversifying our offering and expanding our geographic reach, we’ll ensure that there is a bright future for the whole Floorbrite family and look forward to what the next 50 years of business will bring.
The Floorbrite Group provides daily cleaning, window cleaning and industrial and specialist cleaning. Facilities management services include washroom/hygiene and consumable supplies, waste and environmental management, pest control, plants and grounds maintenance, security, building maintenance and access equipment hire with our own 30 metre and 37 metre cherry pickers.
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