Jims
Mowing Franchise
From
corporate high-flyer to garden keeper:
Paul Carr saw an investment opportunity in Jim's Mowing too good to
refuse
When accountant
of more than 25 years, Paul Carr stumbled upon an opportunity to trade
in his high-flying financial career for a shiny green, 15 horse powered,
ride-on lawn mower and the chance to invest in one of the UK's most
exciting and potentially high-earning franchises, he couldn't get his
pen out fast enough.
He's now the Co-director
and the Regional Franchisor of Norfolk for one of Australia's most successful
franchises, Jim's Mowing, which is also the largest gardening services
franchise in the world and continuously expanding.
Having held senior
financial roles with companies such as Warranty Holdings, Warner Bros.,
Burberry, Hermes and Willis, it was no small decision to throw in his
well-established, upper-bracket-earning career and relocate his family
from London to Norfolk. "My wife took a fair bit of convincing.
Not for the fact it was a risky business proposition but she was concerned
with how I'd cope with the physical labour side of things. You're no
spring chicken anymore, she told me.
"My accountancy
friends thought I was quite mad at the time - many of them still do
- but I saw it as a lifestyle choice as much as an investment decision.
I wanted to spend more time with my family and frankly I was just a
bit bored doing the same type of work."
Prior to becoming
a "Jim", Paul's day comprised of joining the throngs on the
tube, sitting at a desk or in meetings for at least eight hours and
commuting home again - just to get up and do it all again in the morning.
"Jim's offered
such a strong investment prospectus, that my decision to purchase a
franchise was made quite quickly. I was only the second franchisee to
sign in the UK and within five months I became a Regional Franchisor.
"With my business
background, I've now taken on the role of Co-director for Jim's Mowing
nationally, together with my partner Richard Harrison, who despite his
constant chides over the results of the Ashes (he's Australian), we
actually work very well together."
"One of the
best parts about starting your own Jim's franchise is the amount of
support you get all the way through in running your business - if you
need it. One of the company's USPs is its Work Availability Guarantee
to franchisees so running out of work is not even a consideration and
the margin for growth is as big as you want it to be."
A full comprehensive
training program is provided and new franchisees from the UK are actually
flown to Australia to meet Jim himself and complete the training.
Founded in 1982
in Melbourne, Australia, Jim's Mowing quite literally took Australia
by storm through its simple yet foolproof business model of delivering
a high-quality gardening maintenance service with a limitless demand
for work. It's now a household name in Australia, and has expanded to
include a host of other domestic services which the company hopes to
bring to the UK.
Based on the success
of the company in Australia, Paul threw his weight behind Jim's Mowing
and hasn't looked back.
Unlike other franchise
offers, Jim's Mowing offers a very feasible option for first-time franchise
purchasers to join a formidable business product with very minimal risk
and with a desire to work hard, a totally conceivable notion of earning
big money.
The majority of
existing Jim's Mowing franchisees are former professionals or office
workers, who like Paul recognised the opportunity to change their career
and lifestyle for the better while keeping their high-earning salary.
With 2,500 franchisees
operating in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and only 15 currently
on the books in the UK the opportunities to invest are substantial.
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