{"id":24118,"date":"2025-01-28T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=24118"},"modified":"2025-01-28T13:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:42:57","slug":"jason-shapes-a-fresh-future-with-the-launch-of-ovenu-maidstone-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/jason-shapes-a-fresh-future-with-the-launch-of-ovenu-maidstone-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason shapes a fresh future with the launch of Ovenu Maidstone East"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><strong>Jason Millbourne has overcome the challenge of redundancy to launch his own oven cleaning business, Ovenu Maidstone East.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old spent more than 30 years working in the plastics moulding industry before seizing the opportunity to fulfil his long-held ambition of becoming his own boss.<\/p>\n<p>Jason, from Maidstone, was inspired to invest in the franchise following a previous conversation with someone already in the oven cleaning trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea really appealed to me,\u201d he said. \u201cIt stayed in the back of my mind, and when redundancy came along, it felt like the perfect moment to take control of my career and life. The business has huge potential to grow in the future while giving me the ability to achieve a better work-life balance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The father-of-one added: \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to establishing and growing my client base and building a business that reflects my hard work and values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing part of a franchise means I\u2019m my own boss while having the support of a recognised brand and a tried and tested roadmap to success. It&#8217;s an opportunity to be in business for yourself, but not by yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As well as the town, Ovenu Maidstone East covers the postcodes of ME14, 15 and 17 including Coxheath, East Farleigh, Lenham, Grafty Green, Sutton Valence, Shepway, Downswood, Bearsted and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>Rik Hellewell, founder and managing director of Ovenu, said: \u201cJason\u2019s decision to join the Ovenu network showcases his determination to embrace a fresh challenge and take charge of his future. We\u2019re delighted to welcome him and are confident that his commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction will quickly earn him a loyal client base. We wish him every success in building a thriving business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ovenu process involves dismantling key components such as the door, interior panels, fan, and shelves and placing them in design-registered tank equipment, which uses safe, non-caustic and biodegradable products to clean the parts, leaving the oven in near showroom condition. In addition to conventional ovens, it also covers hobs, extractor hoods, microwaves, together with range cookers and ovens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Millbourne has overcome the challenge of redundancy to launch his own oven cleaning business, Ovenu Maidstone East. The 55-year-old spent more than 30 years working in the plastics moulding industry before seizing the opportunity to fulfil his long-held ambition of becoming his own boss. Jason, from Maidstone, was inspired to invest in the franchise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":24119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ovenu","category-cleaning-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jason-Millbourne1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24118","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=24118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}