{"id":635,"date":"2018-03-05T17:57:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T17:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/?p=635"},"modified":"2018-05-08T14:26:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:26:31","slug":"eds-garden-services-welcomes-graeme-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/2018\/03\/05\/eds-garden-services-welcomes-graeme-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed’s Garden Services welcomes Graeme to the team"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are delighted to welcome Graeme to our growing team of Ed\u2019s Operators…<\/em><\/h2>\n

Graeme has recently moved with his family to the UK from Zimbabwe to invest in an \u00a0Ed\u2019s business in Worcester Park, Surrey. \u00a0 Anita, our Ed\u2019s Operator in Wimbledon is co-investing in this well-established business, which our Ed\u2019s Operator, Tim, has built up over a period of almost ten years. However, Graeme will be at the helm, running the garden services business on a day-to-day basis. We have been very impressed by Graeme. \u00a0We feel that he certainly has the right qualities to be a successful Ed\u2019s Operator.<\/p>\n

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Here is what Graeme has to say about his decision to join Ed\u2019s:-<\/p>\n

The background\u2026<\/em><\/h2>\n

\u201dI have spent all of my career to date in the transport sector in Zimbabwe. We have had plans to move to the UK for some time. However, \u00a0I have been waiting for the the right business venture to come along in order to make that move.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking the plunge with Ed\u2019s\u2026<\/em><\/h2>\n

\u201cI have known Anita for many years and found out about Ed\u2019s through her. It was clear to me that she had developed quite a scale of a garden services business. She also clearly really enjoys what she does. \u00a0 When the chance to buy Tim\u2019s business arose, I had no doubt \u00a0that it was the right move to make.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It was clearly a very good business to invest in, within a respected and well-established garden services franchise business. \u00a0It also fitted perfectly with my aspirations for a healthy, outdoorsy job. \u00a0I am used to wide-open spaces in Zimbabwe. I couldn’t \u00a0stand the thought of a job where I was cooped up in an office all day.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve had lots of support through the buying process from Anita, Tim and Ed\u2019s of course. \u00a0I feel very well supported and I have found the buying process \u00a0a lot less scary than one would imagine\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The future\u2026<\/em><\/h2>\n

\u201cI am very excited about taking this venture forward. The business is already strong and I love the challenge of taking it to the next level of success. We\u2019ve only just signed the deal but I\u2019m really looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and getting on with running it. \u00a0I love the fact that I will have a healthy, outdoors lifestyle. It is a \u00a0big bonus. \u00a0I may miss that African sunshine for a while though!\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n

We wish Graeme all the very best with his new venture.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are delighted to welcome Graeme to our growing team of Ed\u2019s Operators… Graeme has recently moved with his family to the UK from Zimbabwe to invest in an \u00a0Ed\u2019s business in Worcester Park, Surrey. \u00a0 Anita, our Ed\u2019s Operator in Wimbledon is co-investing in this well-established business, which our Ed\u2019s Operator, Tim, has built […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,43,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-choosing-a-franchise","category-franchise-selection","category-franchise-success-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edsgardenbusinessfranchise.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}