{"id":25893,"date":"2025-08-29T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=25893"},"modified":"2025-09-01T07:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T06:48:10","slug":"former-car-detailer-dan-switches-gears-to-launch-ovenu-brackley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/former-car-detailer-dan-switches-gears-to-launch-ovenu-brackley\/","title":{"rendered":"Former car detailer Dan switches gears to launch Ovenu Brackley"},"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>Dan Clark has exchanged cars for cookers with the launch of professional oven valeting business, Ovenu Brackley.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old former car detailer decided the time was right to fulfil a long-held ambition to become his own boss, giving him greater control over his career and finances.<\/p>\n<p>Having previously restored the showroom shine to countless motors, Dan is now applying those same meticulous standards to ovens, hobs, extractor fans, microwaves and range cookers.<\/p>\n<p>Dan, who has lived in Brackley since childhood, said: &#8220;As a former car detailer, I understand how important it is to deliver exceptional service, and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ll bring to every job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really enjoy meeting people, so this is the perfect fit for me. My aim is to build a thriving business, and long-term I\u2019d love to take on another technician to expand the service further.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before moving into car detailing, Dan spent more than a decade working at a timber warehouse but had always harboured an ambition to run his own business, enjoying the freedom and flexibility it offers.<\/p>\n<p>In his spare time, he enjoys football and live music and has already started to build a client base through both word of mouth as well as client leads generated by Ovenu.<\/p>\n<p>Rik Hellewell, founder and managing director of the Ovenu franchise, said: &#8220;Dan\u2019s background shows he has both the right approach and commitment to deliver the highest standards. His strong people skills mean he is ideally placed to develop a loyal client base and I\u2019m delighted to welcome him on board and look forward to supporting him as he grows his business.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Clark has exchanged cars for cookers with the launch of professional oven valeting business, Ovenu Brackley. The 37-year-old former car detailer decided the time was right to fulfil a long-held ambition to become his own boss, giving him greater control over his career and finances. Having previously restored the showroom shine to countless motors, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25893","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\/08\/Ovenu-Brackley1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25893","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=25893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}