Jason Harrison
| Location: | London & South West |
| Plan: | 10 |
| Initial investment: | £32,750.00 |
| Planned monthly turnover: | £10,000.00 |
| Actual monthly turnover: | £40,193.60 |
After many successful years in senior positions within the motor industry, Jason’s entrepreneurial spirit wasn’t being fulfilled. Jason dreamed of being a business owner and his own boss. As fate would have it, Jason’s Lexus dealership was a client of Jani-Kings, I’ll let Jason expand on what happened…
Jason…
Having worked in the motor industry for the best part of two decades I came across many cleaning companies and Jani-King was certainly the best I had met. It wasn’t just the level of cleanliness of my showroom and service bays but how professional everyone was, from the cleaners to the Franchise owner. This really appealed to me and I got into a conversation with Alex and he put me in touch with Jani-King.
Cleaning is an industry I never imagined I would work in, but the more research I did on the sector, the more sense it made… everywhere need cleaning right? To me it seemed recession proof and given what’s happened recently I was right.
I bought a plan 10 with an eye on growing bigger and pretty soon I was operating a decent sized business but still working at the dealership. All life comes down to a moment and my moment was a meeting with Steve when I delivered my ambitions. I told Steve if he could get me to half a million turnover I would leave my well paid job and operate my franchise full-time. It took Steve and the team less than 3 months to deliver me the business and I was as good as my work and handed my notice in.
Is being your own boss easy, no at times it can be really tough, but ultimately rewarding. It’s also given me an opportunity to work alongside my son and it’s been great watching him grow into the role as a business owner too.
My advice, do your research, I looked at plenty of franchise businesses, but I’m so pleased I joined the cleaning industry and not a food or coffee franchise! When it comes to a cleaning Franchise Jani-King have been around for over 50 years and operate globally, while that gave me the confidence to Join Jani-King, is the personal relationship I have with Steve and the team that really makes the difference, best decision I’ve ever made!
Jason…
Having worked in the motor industry for the best part of two decades I came across many cleaning companies and Jani-King was certainly the best I had met. It wasn’t just the level of cleanliness of my showroom and service bays but how professional everyone was, from the cleaners to the Franchise owner. This really appealed to me and I got into a conversation with Alex and he put me in touch with Jani-King.
Cleaning is an industry I never imagined I would work in, but the more research I did on the sector, the more sense it made… everywhere need cleaning right? To me it seemed recession proof and given what’s happened recently I was right.
I bought a plan 10 with an eye on growing bigger and pretty soon I was operating a decent sized business but still working at the dealership. All life comes down to a moment and my moment was a meeting with Steve when I delivered my ambitions. I told Steve if he could get me to half a million turnover I would leave my well paid job and operate my franchise full-time. It took Steve and the team less than 3 months to deliver me the business and I was as good as my work and handed my notice in.
Is being your own boss easy, no at times it can be really tough, but ultimately rewarding. It’s also given me an opportunity to work alongside my son and it’s been great watching him grow into the role as a business owner too.
My advice, do your research, I looked at plenty of franchise businesses, but I’m so pleased I joined the cleaning industry and not a food or coffee franchise! When it comes to a cleaning Franchise Jani-King have been around for over 50 years and operate globally, while that gave me the confidence to Join Jani-King, is the personal relationship I have with Steve and the team that really makes the difference, best decision I’ve ever made!