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What our franchisees think
Siva Kugathas
CS Guildford
Licensee since 2007
“I was looking for an opportunity to have a business with no limitations, I found ServiceMaster, that’s how my ServiceMaster journey started. Here there was no limit.”
“From day 1, just after the interview process, my academy was tailored to suit me to get to my start date. From then I have never looked back on the support that I’ve received. There’s always somebody on the other end of the phone. It could be any of the office, the field, brand manager, IT or marketing department and fellow colleagues.”
Chris Blewitt
CS North East
Licensee since 2007
“When I looked at the business model, I thought it was a very cost-effective franchise and ultimately that I could make a profit. ServiceMaster were people I could work with and I felt that there was a good fit there.”
“I invested in the neighbouring franchise area so I’ve now got all of the North East, three franchise territories and managed to grow the business to over a million pounds in over 4 years.”
“I love it, I love having the business. I’ve really enjoyed all of the experience. I wish I had done it 20 years ago.”
Rachael Downer
CS West London & North Surrey
Licensee since 2007
“For me family is everything, I have five daughters and I get to spend a lot of time with them.”
“Being part of the ServiceMaster network, I’ve got support from head office on a day to day basis if I want it, but not in an intrusive way which is what I like. I feel like I am my own business owner and although there is a brand and policies that we follow, there is an element of freedom for you to allow your business to be your business.”
“You have a full network of other business owners who are more like your work colleagues. It is like a family, I’ve been doing it now for 15 years and it is lovely to know people that you just pick up the phone to.”
David Cram
CS Southampton
Licensee since 2007
“The main reason was it’s a business that is very brand orientated.”
“On speaking to previous business owners who had their businesses for quite a number of years, I felt it was the perfect fit for me. The balance is there that you can choose when you want to work. What that gives you is the balance of seeing the family. My son was doing a football scholarship, if I wasn’t my own boss it would have been difficult to see any of his games and I was able to see pretty much all of his games.”
“It’s the long game of when we come to sell the business, we can create a lifestyle that if we want to go and buy somewhere in Spain we can and have a nice sangria!”