{"id":26401,"date":"2025-11-04T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=26401"},"modified":"2025-11-04T07:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:54:33","slug":"rob-signals-a-sparkling-new-future-with-the-launch-of-ovenu-matlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/rob-signals-a-sparkling-new-future-with-the-launch-of-ovenu-matlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob signals a sparkling new future with the launch of Ovenu Matlock"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

A former Royal Signals communications engineer has declared war on baked-on grime and grease with the launch of oven valeting service, Ovenu Matlock.<\/p>\n

Rob Murray, who served his country for 13 years, spent the last decade as a project manager for a major mobile phone network, but being on call 24\/7 and frequent nightshifts prompted him to rethink his career.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cHaving spent many years in the Army, I\u2019m no stranger to keeping things spotlessly clean, from boots and kit through to equipment. So, restoring ovens to a near showroom perfection seemed like my perfect next mission!<\/p>\n

\u201cI also wanted my hard work to benefit myself and my family rather than an employer, and being my own boss gives me the control and flexibility I need to be able to spend more quality time with my wife and two teenage daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of starting from scratch, the 50-year-old invested in an Ovenu franchise as it combines a trusted name with a proven business model and strong ongoing support.<\/p>\n

While the immediate focus is on building a loyal client base, his eventual aim is to grow the business to a point where he can take on additional oven technicians and expand the area covered.<\/p>\n

He left his home town of Warwick to join the Royal Signals, where he specialised in military communications. He rose to become a senior NCO, with postings to Kosovo, Bosnia, Norway, Cyprus, and Germany.<\/p>\n

On leaving the military, he spent three years in Saudi Arabia as a mobile design engineer in telecoms, followed by two years in Queensland, Australia, as a senior engineer working on mobile communications sites.<\/p>\n

Returning to the UK in 2014, the family settled in Matlock, where Rob enjoys taking his Labrador on long hikes in the Peak District.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cMy time in the military and in telecoms has given me the discipline, focus, and drive to make this a success, and I\u2019m really looking forward to meeting plenty of friendly faces along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rik Hellewell, founder and managing director of Ovenu, said: \u201cRob has a fantastic track record which shows just how committed and dependable he is. With his technical skills and customer-first attitude, he has the attributes to make a real success of his new venture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ovenu Matlock covers the DE4, DE45, and DE56 postcodes, taking in Matlock, Matlock Dale, Matlock Bath, Cromford, Bakewell, Wirksworth Darley Dale, Winster, Bonsall, Crich, Derbyshire Dales, Ashford-in-the-Water, Baslow, Chatsworth, Monyash, Youlgreave, Belper, and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former Royal Signals communications engineer has declared war on baked-on grime and grease with the launch of oven valeting service, Ovenu Matlock. Rob Murray, who served his country for 13 years, spent the last decade as a project manager for a major mobile phone network, but being on call 24\/7 and frequent nightshifts prompted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26401","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\/11\/Ovenu-Matlock11.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26401","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=26401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}