{"id":8955,"date":"2021-04-13T12:59:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=8955"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:47:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T10:47:31","slug":"poppies-celebrates-25-year-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/poppies-celebrates-25-year-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"West Lancashire domestic cleaning franchise Poppies celebrates 25-year milestone"},"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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Lancashire business owner, Chris Wootton, celebrated a huge milestone as his domestic cleaning franchise business Poppies reaches its 25-year anniversary on Friday, 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April. Having launched on 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0April 1996, Chris has grown the business and the team of staff to now deliver over 2,500 hours of cleaning every month to homes across West Lancashire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosie Cooper MP for West Lancashire joined Chris at the Poppies office in Ormskirk to mark the occasion, along with a few of Poppies\u2019 staff who have worked in the business for over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris Wootton, Managing Director and franchise owner of Poppies, added, \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be celebrating my 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year and sharing this milestone with staff who have been working with me for almost as long! It\u2019s fair to say that if it wasn\u2019t for my dedicated team of 42 cleaners, I wouldn\u2019t be celebrating here today. I have to extend a big thank you to everyone at Poppies for providing an exceptional service to all our customers in and around Ormskirk &#8211; their response to the challenges of the last 12 months has been nothing short of incredible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLike many other local businesses, we had to put in additional safety measures to keep our services going during the pandemic &#8211; luckily when you\u2019re already in the business of cleaning, it\u2019s not an enormous leap to delivering a COVID-secure sanitising experience for customers! But more than anything, we\u2019re looking forward to the summer when we can hopefully have a good old get together to properly celebrate 25 years in business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPoppies is a great example of a local business that has shown how it can adapt, survive and thrive during these unprecedented times,\u201d said Rosie Cooper MP. \u201cOver the years, Chris has played a key role in boosting the local economy by creating employment opportunities for people in the area and providing a service to the heart of our community. Congratulations to Poppies and I wish you every success for the next 25 years!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Lancashire business owner, Chris Wootton, celebrated a huge milestone as his domestic cleaning franchise business Poppies reaches its 25-year anniversary on Friday, 9th\u00a0April. Having launched on 1st\u00a0April 1996, Chris has grown the business and the team of staff to now deliver over 2,500 hours of cleaning every month to homes across West Lancashire. 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