About
Us
Greensleeves...specialist
lawn care franchise
Greensleeves Lawn Care was
formed in 1998, offers a
specialist lawn care service to thousands of satisfied customers.
We have operations stretching from Edinburgh to South Hertfordshire
and Suffolk to Northern Ireland.
Our main object is to supply our
customers with a beautiful lawn, through a programme of lawn
treatments and cultural care.
Our
business is unique in that it is owned by Greensleeves franchisees,
this gives us the experience to understand the risks and rewards of
starting your own business.
The Franchise
Opportunity
Develop your own company, Greensleeves LawnCare (Your Town)
for example, in a defined trading area with the support of a
well-developed brand, proven marketing and
excellent support throughout the year.
Our current network members enjoy:
- A profitable and cash generative business from
month one
- A defined postcode area.
- Outstanding business potential with over 80,000
target homes.
- An opportunity to develop a multiple van
business
- Significant growth potential for an enthusiastic
franchise.
- High annual customer retention
- A pleasant working environment.
We
have several packages available, our best selling package offers a
genuine opportunity for a multi van operation is £24,950 + VAT
which includes:
Full first years marketing supplied from initial franchise
fee, plus stock to trade, without cost in month one, making the
opportunity cash positive from the start.
Everything you require from training to
equipment.
Excellent initial training lawn manager training at our
academy.
Access to the best products available
in the industry.
Formal NPTC
qualifications.
FREEPHONE telephone line for marketing and
customer enquiries.
Crucial ongoing technical, business and
marketing support, as well as advise in all areas of
concern.
Capital growth potential in an expanding market with
little competition
The
Market
The potential within the lawn care market is
enormous, so vast infact that although the industry is showing
healthy growth at over 30%, it is still barely scratching the
surface.
With an estimated 18,000,000 lawns in the UK at
present and growing, there is more than enough opportunity to
establish a successful franchise in this sector. We have repeat
business with over 90% of our customers and recommendations are the
main source of new business for an established
franchise.
Training and
Support
Entering into any business relationship causes
worries and risk. The successful franchisee will receive full
initial training and the ongoing back-up of a highly committed
management team. Remember, we started like yourselves as
a Greensleeves franchisee.
Our in house training and ongoing on area support will
ensure that you have both the knowledge to build and carry out the
lawn care treatment to a high standard, plus the support to monitor
and assist in the vital area of company controls.
Initial
Training
The franchise fee will cover a comprehensive
training program which will arm you with the information you will
require to deal with your first enquires, to secure their business,
and to treat their lawns. The course includes an NPTC program and
exam which is required by lawn for you to handle pesticides in a
commercial situation. The course content will also
include:
- Lawn culture and nutrition
- Weed / disease identification
- Machinery and equipment handling
- Health and Safety
- Marketing and business development
- Customer Service
- Administration
- The Market Place
- The Greensleeves Lawn
Care Difference
- NPTC Training and Examination
- Practical Lawncare
- Business Support
A superb concept, which undoubtedly the
Greensleeves Lawn
Care franchise offers, is only one part of a
potentially successful venture. Business acumen and control are the
other key areas. Greensleeves Lawn
Care will provide this, working with franchisees to
provide systems, support and advice to maximise profitability from
franchisees´ efforts. The directors and management have wide
business experience both within the lawn care operation, working in
a hands-on capacity, marketing and building this opportunity, but
also in the wider business arena as key directors in a variety of
businesses. The opportunity has been developed to appeal both to
franchisees new to running their own company and to experienced
managers.
Financial
Information
The franchise package costs from
£16,950 + VAT to £24,950 + VAT
What do I get for my
money?
- A fully funded marketing launch for your business which
will generate the first 100 - 200 customers
- A bespoke computer customer database - to manage and schedule
your customers
- Sage software to handle your business accounts
- Equipment package - we provide all of the highest specification
equipment you will need to run your business from day one
- Initial Stock - to enable you to treat all the first customers
you receive
- Vehicle - on a lease contract. Initial deposit included in the
franchise fee
- Greensleeves Lawn
Care Uniform and Personal Protective Equipment
Who's Ideal for
Us
What are
Greensleeves looking for in a franchise?
An absolute commitment to Customer Service is the
most important skill you will posses. It is important to us that
you have the appetite to grow a business to its full potential and
maintain the high levels of customer service that we currently
provide to our many thousands of existing customers. You will be
somebody who is not work shy and take on the challenges that
running your own business brings. You will have the necessary
attributes to work with us to create a well respected and
successful business in your area.
Experience is showing that as well as well
motivated individuals successful franchisees are also made up of
family units, for example Husband and Wife and Father and Son
teams. The model is well suited to both genders who are equally
able to develop multi van operations.
Prospective franchisees need to be able to manage
a daily routine that requires a degree of semi-physical activity.
You need to be flexible and self-motivated, very few business
opportunities offer success without hard work, commitment and long
and often unsocial hours. A degree of computer literacy is required
to fully utilise the bespoke database and invoicing package
developed to run your business.
