{"id":8799,"date":"2021-03-24T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T15:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=8799"},"modified":"2021-03-24T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T15:09:19","slug":"greensleeves-reaches-a-century-as-100th-franchisee-joins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/greensleeves-reaches-a-century-as-100th-franchisee-joins\/","title":{"rendered":"Greensleeves reaches a century as 100th franchisee joins"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Greensleeves is celebrating hitting the remarkable milestone of 100 franchisees, rounding off a successful start to 2021 for the lawncare company. This month, Greensleeves welcomed four new starters, including their 100th franchisee, Neil Grainger.<\/p>\n

The quartet of franchisees, who are all either new to the gardening sector or new to business ownership, have just completed their franchisee training. Keith Fox and Radko Yordanov both launch new territories in Derbyshire and Brentwood respectively, while Ryan and Laura England will be taking over Durham\u2019s existing territory. Investing in the fabulous coastal town of Bournemouth, Neil\u2019s new Greensleeves business makes him the 100th<\/sup> franchisee to join the popular lawn treatment provider since the company began in 1998.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact Greensleeves has reached 100 franchisees is a real testament to the team at head office. I\u2019m really excited to get started. It\u2019s great that we have so many people in the network and I\u2019m just proud to be involved. I have an established group of supportive franchisees around me that are just an email away if I ever need any help,\u201d said Neil.<\/p>\n

Formerly a precision engineer, Neil decided that he no longer wanted to work in a factory and looked for a complete career change. He explored several franchise opportunities before finally opting for Greensleeves.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack in my younger days, I worked outside. I just wanted to get back to that and do something I enjoyed. After doing some digging on Greensleeves, I noticed their reviews were excellent and that they had a territory open in my area. So, I plucked up the courage to make the initial enquiry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d considered starting my own business, but I didn\u2019t have any qualifications outside of engineering. Greensleeves offered the training I needed to run a territory which meant I didn\u2019t have to be experienced in lawn care to join the network. I\u2019m surprised more people don\u2019t look at becoming franchisees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m planning to take the business as far as I can over the next five years and establish Greensleeves as the go-to lawncare provider here in Bournemouth. If all goes to plan, there\u2019s potential for me to pass the business on to my son when he\u2019s old enough, although that\u2019s a long way off!\u201d<\/p>\n

Greensleeves has proved itself to be recession proof even in the most trying of times. Last year was record-breaking for the franchise network and as the spring weather breaks through, both enquiry levels and new customer acquisition is up on this time last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible start to the year and reaching 100 franchisees is certainly something to celebrate! The market is buoyant and with people feeling spring is in the air, it\u2019s a great time for our latest franchisees to launch,\u201d said David Truby, MD at Greensleeves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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