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ProLawn Care
Myhome Lawn Cutting
Countrywide Group
Almost all
Set up in 2000, ProLawn Care launched
and Care
Up and running for 24 years, the franchises listed
as a franchise only last year and already Since the inception of Myhome Countrywide Group comprises of with the bfa – and
has two franchisees up and running. Lawn Cutting and Care in 1996, the two separate franchise opportunities: many of those
With over 20 years of sales and company – which is accredited by the Countrywide Grounds Maintenance
who aren’t – will
marketing experience in the agrochemical Institute of Groundsmanship, The Guild (CGM) and Countrywide Lawn Doctor
have established
sector, company founder and soil Of Master Craftsmen, and ISO9001 – (CLD), and remains one of the largest
relationships with
management and crop production has painstakingly developed, tested operating groups in the gardening and
one or more high
expert, Richard Salmon, has fused his and reﬁ ned its gardening systems, and landscaping sector today.
street banks and
core skills to create an opportunity on today has seven franchisees. Now, as With CGM, franchisees carry out most
will be able to
par with the best names in the lawn care a tried-and-tested business model, of their work on commercial, utility and
assist you with
business for his franchisees. potential franchisees are able to buy public authority properties including golf
Once are on board, new recruits beneﬁ t into a business that not only has courses retail parks, schools, hospitals and
sourcing much
from Salmon’s initial an ongoing support, strong credentials in the gardening industrial estates. In short, this is gardening
of the capital
learning everything they need to know the sector, but one that also sits beneath on a much larger scale than CLD, the
you need to
lawn care business directly from him. the umbrella of Myhome plc, a latter of which covers domestic lawns only.
buy a franchise.
In addition, as part of the franchise fast-expanding, and ﬁ nancially robust Today, the network as a whole takes
Typically, you’ll
package, franchisees get a state-of-the-art, company. care of more than 600 school grounds and need to self-
bespoke software to help them manage With Myhome Lawn Cutting playing ﬁ elds across the UK as well as tens source about a
their business effectively, plus all of the and Care’s emphasis on reliability and of thousands of domestic lawns to give it third of the total
equipment they need to get started, exemplary service combined with a state- a combined annual turnover of more than
investment ﬁ gure
including liveried vehicle, branded clothing, of-the-art, centralised IT support system, £20 million.
and then, backed
aerator, fertiliser spreader, pesticides, and a franchisees are able to look after their Once on board, franchisees of either
by the good
year’s supply of fertiliser. customers while head ofﬁ ce keeps the business will get a fully liveried vehicle and
name of your new
Franchisees also get an exclusive administrative side of their business in all of the tools and equipment needed to
franchisor, the
territory consisting of approximately neat trim. carry out their work. Countrywide also
bank should lend
150,000 detached and semi-detached Importantly, while an aptitude for provides its franchisees with marketing
you the remaining
homes within a post-coded area to all things gardening related is desirable, materials and offers ongoing support
market their business to. franchisees are ultimately managers of in all areas of running the business.
two-thirds to help
New franchisees should expect to their business, and not gardeners. Importantly, while franchisees buying of
get your business
start their operation on an owner- The main key to an efﬁ ciently either operation will almost certainly start
off the ground.
operator basis, with the intention of run Myhome Lawn Cutting and Care out as owner-operators, they should have
expanding to a multi-van territory as franchise is therefore having an the ambition to grow their business into
they become more familiar with running overview of the entire business a management franchise. Notably, some
the business. They should also prepare within your allocated ﬁ xed geographical of the highest performing franchisees in
themselves for a trip to America, where territory, and managing unskilled staff the network have 50 or more employees
the initial training is carried out. accordingly. working for them.
Minimum total Investment: Minimum total Investment: Minimum total Investment:
£24,500 £24,900 + VAT CLD £24,950 / CGM £44,950
Website: www.prolawncare.co.uk Website: www.myhome.com/lawncutting Website: www.countrywidegrounds.
Phone: 0800 100 2832 Phone: 0845 230 7676
com/franchise
Franchise classification: Franchise classification:
Phone: 0161 485 6666
Owner operator/management Management Franchise classification:
Owner-operator/management
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