{"id":11092,"date":"2021-09-29T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=11092"},"modified":"2022-01-27T10:52:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:52:03","slug":"poppies-sheffield-rebounds-with-160-growth-since-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/poppies-sheffield-rebounds-with-160-growth-since-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Poppies Sheffield rebounds with 160% growth since the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

With the coronavirus pandemic easing in the UK, Sheffield-based cleaning business, Poppies, has shown how it has survived, thrived and continued to support its local community over the past 18 months.<\/p>\n

Launched 26 years ago, owner Nigel Bayliss has seen his business\u2019s revenue grow by 160% compared to the same period in 2019. Taking advantage of the government\u2019s flexi-furlough scheme, Nigel has not only retained the majority of his original team during the lockdowns, but he has increased his workforce by 14% since the end of lockdown, enabling them to deliver over 480 home cleans every month to 180 clients in and around South Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve experienced an unprecedented demand for our professional cleaning services both during and post pandemic. I can only attribute this to our high standards for hygiene and trusted teams,\u201d said Nigel Bayliss, owner of Poppies Sheffield. \u201cWe\u2019ve also introduced an enhanced clean and sanitise procedure to provide extra protection and reassurance to our commercial and domestic clients, as well as our Poppie cleaners.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs people continued to work from home, the need for a reliable and managed cleaning service has never been so important. Whether it\u2019s for a regular or one-off spring clean, we have continued to help busy professionals and parents focus on their work and spend time with their loved ones without having to worry about the cleaning and laundry. We also saw a huge increase in bookings as people chose to move home during the stamp duty holiday and needed our deep clean service! Our clients trust us to look after their homes and in return we give them a premium service they deserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of what the business has achieved over the past 18 months and how we have successfully adapted to the new reality. With the implementation of our new cleaning initiatives and enhanced digital marketing strategy, we\u2019ve seen a surge in demand for both new and existing customers and we aim to continue to grow over the coming months and into next year and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the coronavirus pandemic easing in the UK, Sheffield-based cleaning business, Poppies, has shown how it has survived, thrived and continued to support its local community over the past 18 months. Launched 26 years ago, owner Nigel Bayliss has seen his business\u2019s revenue grow by 160% compared to the same period in 2019. Taking advantage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[940,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-poppies","category-cleaning-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nigel-Bayliss-of-Poppies-Sheffield-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}