Having set up his first firm from scratch, Gavin Peacock decided to take a different route with his next venture, opting to franchise an existing business. Over two years ago Gavin Peacock, invested 2 million euro in the master franchise for the Jan Pro cleaning business for Ireland and Britain. Set up in the US in 1991, Jan Pro has franchisees around the world offering cleaning services to all types of businesses. Based in Dublin, Peacocks franchising operation has seven full time staff and out sources its credit control, marketing and other functions. Almost 50 new franchisees have joined the Irish operation in the last 15months,and he expects the business to have turnover of 3 million euro this year, double last year’s figure. Clients include GlaxoSmithKline, Premier Recruitment, Tullow Oil and Kerry Group.

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