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GC066-Mobile Cleaning Contractor for Commercial Vehicles - Re-Locatable, Relocateable £225,000 |
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Established in 1999, this business operates a mobile cleaning service, specialising in cleaning commercial vehicles for client accounts, which include supermarkets and national distribution haulage companies. The business also undertakes contract cleaning for councils for the removal of graffiti and chewing gum.
The company owns the mobile brush wash machines used to clean the commercial fleets of lorries. The first class work is carried out by reliable and experienced personnel, which bears testimony to its excellent reputation with all of its clients who return on a regular basis due to the friendly service and quality worksmanship. |
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GC065-Residential Cleaning Business - London, London £99,000 |
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Established in August 2006, in just over two years this business has become one of the fastest growing residential cleaning businesses in London achieving turnover for the financial year ending 31st July 2008 in excess of £200,000.
Operating throughout London and within the area of the M25 motorway – but with the vast majority of its work accessible via public transport in and around central London, this business offers a wide range of cleaning services – from end of tenancy cleans, post refurbishment cleans and the cleaning of communal areas for the commercial sector right through to the cleaning of carpets, upholstery, rugs and matresses – an area of the business which is becoming increasingly significant in turnover and profitability.
And it is within the residential sector – undertaking ‘one off’ cleans and regular cleans for ordinary domestic households where this business is making an increasingly significant impact. This business works with people who live in studio flats right up to spacious townhouses and has a rapidly increasing customer base that includes new mums, busy professionals, landlords, managing agents, local estate agents, overseas property investors, SMEs, and even the odd celebrity. The business can boast over 100 contracts in place with residential customers – each one generating a minimum of approximately £1,200 per annum in revenue with some ‘Gold’ customers spending in the region of £15,000 per annum with this business. |
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GB101-Profitable Industrial Cleaning Company - N E England, Not Disclosed £400,000 |
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This is a good opportunity for someone to purchase a thriving business that supplies fully trained labour to assist in industrial cleaning of sites..Established in 2001 by the owner, the company now needs to expand its operation and the current owner believes this is the perfect time for fresh ideas and new ownership to take the business forward to its next level. At present circa eighty percent of their work is with one customer, which is on a rolling twelve month contract, but there is huge scope for growth within the company.
The company’s aim is to provide a first class labour force to their customers by supplying trained and experienced workers who perform manual labour tasks including water washing, cleaning and tidying of sites,graffitti cleaning and all other cleaning tasks.
The company have a team of staff who are trained in a number of disciplines including, road sweeping, dumper and fork lift driving, lifting and roof work. The workforce have attended courses in, sweeping, risk assesment, harness training plus fork lift and dumper driving. |
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GC044-Leisure, Office and Retail cleaning specialists with a particular presence in the licensed trade - London, London £70,000 |
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Established in 2003 and working across London, this is a small friendly cleaning company offering a wide range of general cleaning services.
This business provides an excellent service and a very high standard of cleaning priding itself on a quality service – polishing, mopping, vacuuming floors, dusting and some window cleaning – and common sense cleaning solutions. With a well motivated, reliable and trustworthy team of cleaners, all hand picked, reference checked, fully trained and insured, and with a clear understanding of the importance of customer service this business has developed a highly professional and much sought after operation. Despite operating within what might be considered to be a ‘low tech’ sector, this business has excellent administrative systems and good cleaning processes in place. |
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IB007-Commercial, Retail and Domestic Laundry - Wiltshire, Wiltshire £210,000 |
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This company was established by its present owner / director in 2004 who spotted an opening in the market for a top quality laundry and dry cleaning business. The operation quickly established itself as the regions leading company in this sector and has focused on three main areas of operation.
Firstly as a retail business it has approximately five hundred clients some of whom travel from twenty to thirty miles to have their washing, ironing and dry cleaning done. The business has built itself an enviable reputation for providing friendly, high quality service at competitive prices. This is supplied by a well-established, professional and close knit team of staff who understand the importance of customer service in this competitive environment.
Due to their proficiency they have also successfully diversified into the domestic cleaning market and have a solid client base of householders who rely on the cleaning teams who visit them on a regular basis. |
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GC064-Commercial Cleaning Products Supplier - Wiltshire, Wiltshire £57,000 |
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This is an excellent opportunity to acquire a well-established business with an excellent local reputation that is well positioned for expansion and further development. The company has been trading for twenty-eight years and retails cleaning products to the commercial sector. Customers include Schools, licensed premises, office blocks, hotels, car rental companies, leisure centers and abattoirs.
It supplies the full range of cleaning and janitorial goods plus a free consultancy on cleaning schedules to allow companies to conform to Local Authority Hygiene Guidelines.
It is known for its attention to detail, excellent customer relationships and prompt delivery in the businesses own liveried vans. This is an ideal business to add on to a company trading in the same marketplace or for an individual looking to buy a company prime for development. |
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AP011-Dry Cleaning Business - North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire £115,000 |
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This busy local dry cleaners is situated in a bustling town suburb with little competition nearby. It was established in 2005 by the current owner, and has developed a regular satisfied customer base, with a number of repeat contract clients.
The business offers, dry cleaning, washing and ironing facilities with a same day pick up and delivery service.
It features modern washing and drying facilities with a variety of capacities as follows; dry cleaning machine,washing machine,tumble dryer, water tanks, ironing equipment, steam equipment and a fully liveried 05 plate Ford Transit van. |
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CQ105-Commercial and Residential Cleaning Company - Shropshire, Shropshire £325,000 |
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The existing directors founded this successful and profitable business in 1987.
Since that time it has grown steadily and established itself as one of the leading providers of a diverse range of cleaning services for both commercial and residential operations in the region with an enviable list of clients.
The reason for its on going success is the broad range of services it is able to offer.
Not only does it carry out normal cleaning contract work but also offers landscape maintenance, window cleaning, and specialist rope access work for the more difficult cleaning projects.
Its clients in the building sector rely on the company for cleaning both new build and refurbished premises prior to sale. It is also is called upon by companies trading in the food sector for specialist hygiene cleaning programmes.
The business carries out one off jobs as well as contracted business and is used to operating at short notice and in difficult conditions. No job is too small or too big and the team is happy to work un social hours to make sure that production is not stopped and deadlines are met. |
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GC030 -Commercial Cleaning Contractors Specialising in Pressure Steam Cleaning - Essex, Essex £1,800,000 |
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This pressure steam commercial cleaning and gum removal specialist has operated for 15 years, working countrywide for many civic authorities, schools, councils, government departments, English Heritage, large property developments retail villages and Royal Households, successfully building an enviable reputation for its services, relating to all aspects of chewing gum removal and graffiti. Great attention to detail is always given to the specific needs of every project, some on a continual 51 weeks a year basis, providing a service that achieves excellent results.
The business has spent ten’s of thousands in the development of equipment and as a leading specialist, believed to be the first of it’s kind in the United Kingdom, have the right attitude and demand the highest quality and service to be delivered to its large client database. Differing from competitors, by using a low pressure and high heat system effectively using water, meaning that the equipment can clean effectively without damaging the surface, sand bedding and grouting.
The business has spent ten’s of thousands in the development of equipment and as a leading specialist, believed to be the first of it’s kind in the United Kingdom, have the right attitude and demand the highest quality and service to be delivered to its large client database. Differing from competitors, by using a low pressure and high heat system effectively using water, meaning that the equipment can clean effectively without damaging the surface, sand bedding and grouting.
The business has spent ten’s of thousands in the development of equipment and as a leading specialist, believed to be the first of it’s kind in the United Kingdom, have the right attitude and demand the highest quality and service to be delivered to its large client database. Differing from competitors, by using a low pressure and high heat system effectively using water, meaning that the equipment can clean effectively without damaging the surface, sand b |
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AP016-Independent regional chain of 7 dry cleaning - Surrey, Surrey £450,000 |
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Recognised as one of the oldest of its kind in the area with some of its outlets dating back to the 1930’s, this business, purchased by the current Owners in 1997, is a chain of seven dry cleaning and laundry outlets and is arguably one of the largest independent operators left in the south of England. Operating from very well-suited leasehold premises in predominantly prime retail locations in major towns and villages across some of the most affluent areas of Surrey this is a high quality, well-equipped business. Although it has some commercial work from local hotels and schools it primarily serves the domestic sector. Taking advantage of the benefits a large number of outlets brings, each shop performs a specific role within the chain – two are dry cleaners, three are laundries with the two other outlets acting as ‘receiving depots’ feeding business into their respective partner outlets with the appropriate equipment. Dry cleaning makes up approximately 65% of turnover and laundry, the remaining 35%. The business deals with all types of garments and linen including duvets, curtains etc and has a particularly strong presence in shirts.
With a High Street presence in some cases dating back more than seventy years this is a very well established business with its respective outlets fixtures in the towns and villages in which they are located. They are all firm favourites with their Clientele offering as they do complete clothes and textile care. This business takes great pride in offering a high standard of Customer service, whilst still operating a realistic price list. The company maintains a high level of repeat business from customers - including several celebrities that live in the respective catchment areas. Generally prominently positioned, the outlets are the exclusive operators in their respective locations, often forming part of the key retail offering in a town or village. Perceived as local businesses they are supported very well by their local comm |
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