{"id":487,"date":"2017-06-27T12:57:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T11:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/?p=487"},"modified":"2017-06-27T12:57:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T11:57:45","slug":"eds-bids-fond-farewell-adrian-welcomes-peter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/2017\/06\/27\/eds-bids-fond-farewell-adrian-welcomes-peter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed&#8217;s bids a fond farewell to Adrian and welcomes Peter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Peter (left) and Adrian sealing the deal<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ed\u2019s Garden Maintenance is the largest UK garden maintenance franchise, with a network of 44 Operators.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ed\u2019s is delighted to welcome Peter Dixon to our team of Business Operators. Peter has just signed up to buy Adrian Thomas\u2019s established Ed\u2019s business in Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>At Ed\u2019s we encourage Operators to create value from their investment for the whole of the lifecycle of their business and that includes at the end, when they decide to hang up their gardening gloves. With careful planning, Operators can sell their businesses on to new Operators and leave Ed\u2019s with a significant cash sum. It\u2019s a win-win situation for all parties:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the established Operator moves on to retire or do something different having realised a good cash sum for their efforts.<\/li>\n<li>the new Operator acquires a business where they do not have to start from scratch as they start with a bank of customers to service<\/li>\n<li>Ed\u2019s gets a new Operator to replace the exiting Operator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adrian says \u201d\u00a0I\u2019ve really enjoyed my time with Ed\u2019s and after five years, and reaching age 65, I have decided to retire and take the opportunity to realise some capital from the business.\u00a0 Indeed, the real potential of building a readily saleable business was a major consideration in my decision to join Ed\u2019s in the first place.\u00a0 The way the business model works means that you can build value into your business by establishing a regular customer base and on top of that you have the intrinsic value of the Ed\u2019s brand to sell on. Having decided that I wanted to achieve a good sale at some stage during my fifth year, I took advice from Ed&#8217;s on timing, valuation and marketing the business at an early stage and followed their guidelines about how to sell a business to the letter. The results have come through and I\u2019m delighted to be handing my business over to Peter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter says \u201cI am very excited to have bought an established garden maintenance business from Adrian. I look forward to developing the business further and enjoying the lifestyle. \u00a0Adrian has been very supportive, teaching me the ropes of the business and making sure that the handover of customers goes well. \u00a0I am confident that owning a franchise in the gardening business is the best way to go and taking over an existing franchise is an added bonus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We wish both Adrian and Peter all the very best with their future plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter (left) and Adrian sealing the deal Ed\u2019s Garden Maintenance is the largest UK garden maintenance franchise, with a network of 44 Operators. Ed\u2019s is delighted to welcome Peter Dixon to our team of Business Operators. Peter has just signed up to buy Adrian Thomas\u2019s established Ed\u2019s business in Southampton. 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