Only having to get started, this guy Jim Penman started a small lawn-mowing income while gaining a degree in history. He began Balwyn Gardening, later titled “Jim’s Mowing”, as a growing company in the early 80′s. The Jim’s Mowing business showed itself enough of a success to be duplicated over many other industries, with Jim creating divisions for all manner of home and company services between 1994 and present. He initially aimed just at taking on subcontractors, though his business grew and Jim gradually began to specialise in the founding and promoting of yard mowing rounds – more than 100 over a few years.
Shortly after, Jim Penman of Jim’s Mowing made his business a franchise and since that time the growth of Jim’s business has been rapid. The change to only franchising began from a want to provide better customer service, and with the threat of competition from the coming of the Adelaide based VIP Home Services group.
With this humble start, initially startingwith the thought of getting “a few bucks” by mowing other’s lawns, Jim’s Mowing has grown into the planet’s largest lawn mowing franchise. The franchise proved astonishingly successful, with over sixty Franchisees operating by the end of the first year and established in all Australian states shortly after. From being small and relatively unknown, it has become the biggest and best known lawn mowing brand on earth.
Jim’s Cleaning was launched after this, and was then to be added with dog wash, fencing, handyman and about fifteen additional offices which then operated in Canada, New Zealand, Australia along with great Britain. In the last few years, Jim’s has established a number of new offices. Every one of these are operated as joint ventures, with experienced folks supplying their practical expertise and Jim’s working on the franchising and government side. This has been a highly winning operation. A dedication to customer service saw this company increase at a quick speed with more clients than one individual could effectively manage, prompting Jim to start franchising in the late ’80s.
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He is currently active in the everyday operating of the Group and gives continued assistance to franchise
owners and customers alike. His personal touch reaches out in meeting every new franchise owner undergoing their training in the headquarters.
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