Personal touch, professional standards
Earn £100,000+ a year without getting your hands dirty
Poppies' technology, systems and processes make this a business that’s simple to operate and control. The Poppies bespoke business management system minimises your admin and lets you focus on what’s important: stellar service and stellar growth.
By running a successful home based cleaning business you will be minimising overheads, and only move to an office when your cash flow allows – meaning no further investment is required.
Poppies is Britain’s oldest-established domestic cleaning franchise and has been setting the standards others follow since 1980. Our most successful franchisee, Chris Wootton, now owns and operates the franchise network as the Poppies MD. The result is a culture of rare and genuine passion to help people like you with the oomph and the ambition to build your own financial freedom and security, just as he did.
The Poppies Cleaning Service Franchise Opportunity
The primary role of the franchisee is to build and maintain great relationships with both clients and staff. The ability to get on with people and enjoy providing help to other people’s lives is one of the cores Poppies are looking for in their franchisees. The skills around cleaning they can teach; but the understanding of how to create happy clients is something that is invaluable.
As a Poppies Franchisee, you will employ cleaners your customers can rely on to be honest, efficient and discreet. Poppies will share with you their extensive inside knowledge about recruitment in the industry, which has been built up over many decades. From cleaners to managers and administrative staff, rest assured they will guide you through the very best practices to recruit and retain a dream team who will ensure your franchise flourishes.
Note: the above figures are based on 2019 financials for the top 20% of franchisees who have their own management team.
What you’ll need to be a Poppies franchisee
Buying a franchise is a low-risk way of sharing in the success of a high-profile business, backed all the way by the people who know it best and made it all possible.
We’ll let you into our trade secrets, support you with marketing and operations, and mentor you to become a confident Poppies franchisee.
You don’t need to have owned a business before.
1. A great communicator
2. Business-minded
3. Methodical and motivated
4. Proud and personable
5. Willing to reinvest to grow your business
A business journey, taken together
You can have your own Poppies domestic cleaning business either by setting one up in a new territory or by buying one that’s already established. Either way, Chris and his team will mentor and guide you on following the proven business model.
Poppies prides itself on the personal touch – something our customers have appreciated for decades. As a franchise owner, you’ll employ cleaners your customers can rely on to be honest, efficient and discreet. They won’t raise an eyebrow if the house they’ve cleaned is in uproar the next time they visit, and they’ll even park your liveried van around the corner if the customer wants to claim the credit for all their hard work! Like you, they’ll make it their business to keep clients happy.
What you’ll need to be a Poppies Franchisee
Buying a Poppies franchise is a low-risk way of sharing in the success of an established brand, backed all the way by the people who know it best and made it all possible.
Poppies will let you into their trade secrets, support you with marketing and operations, and mentor you to become a confident Poppies Franchisee.
You don’t need to have owned a business before, but you do need to be:
- A great communicator
- Driven and determined
- Methodical and motivated
- Proud and personable
… are a real people-person
… enjoy providing excellent customer service
… want to build and lead your own team
Find out more
If you’d like to know more about the Poppies franchise and…
… are a real people-person
… enjoy providing excellent customer service
… want to build something of your own, surrounded by experienced people
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Clean sweep: Hounslow entrepreneur launches local cleaning company
Soniya Fernandes, who moved to the area four years ago, recently launched the Hounslow branch of national cleaning franchise Poppies with husband and business partner Lester. The entrepreneurial duo have ambitious plans to provide a high-quality professional service to local residents and create a boost in jobs for the community.
Born and raised in India, Soniya comes from a background in finance. When she initially moved to the UK in 2019, Soniya struggled to find a job due to the language barrier. After much determination and drive, she worked in various sales roles to hone her skills in Business English to ensure she is well-equipped to serve the community’s needs, and she now feels confident as she launches her own cleaning business in the place she sees as home.
“I wanted to invest in a franchise which we could run from our own home and would support us through setting up the business and ensuring it was a success. Poppies was an obvious choice, particularly considering all the training and guidance they provide,” said Soniya. “Now just really felt like the right time to launch a business we’re truly excited about. We recognise the importance of excellent customer care and providing a high-quality service for every customer in their home or at their business. Our aim is to help people who are struggling to juggle work and home life by delivering a first-class service at the heart of the community which welcomed me with open arms.”
It is this motivation and grit which has helped Soniya and Lester become the aspiring businesspeople they are today. While Soniya is responsible for sales and client management and wants to spend much of her time working with the local community, Lester will offer a sense of pragmatism and structure to the general day-to-day administration and recruitment side of the business. The couple believe this partnership will help them to reach their target of 80 new clients by the end of the year.
“We’re really looking forward to meeting our prospective clients and staff and being an invaluable service to our local community,” says Soniya. “I’m an extremely driven person, and I don’t like giving any less than 100%, so I know I’m going to work incredibly hard to create an amazing team and provide that exceptional level of service. I’ve always been conscious of reviews and using companies who can back up their claims with high-quality service, so I want to make sure we deliver on every expectation our customers have and let our results speak for themselves. I’m not interested in the ‘hard sell’ that comes with a finance background; I just want happy, satisfied employees and clients who feel valued and comfortable in their jobs, and that’s what we aim to achieve.”
Based in Hounslow, Poppies also covers Hayes, Teddington, Twickenham, and the surrounding areas. Poppies Hounslow is part of a national network of 25 franchisees building their own local business, creating over 500 jobs and delivering high-quality cleaning to over 6,000 homes on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis in line with clients’ individual needs.
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