[stevegunn]

A nice little write up about Mr King

http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/2007/10/08/carpet-cleaning-firm-buys-out-former-rival-51140-19911733/

[Mike Halliday]

if he keeps going on like this he'll soon be as successful & rich  as me

Mike

[lands]

Nice bit of PR

[Mike Halliday]

I like the fact that from 1998 he has built a company grossing £225,000 a year.

well done Paul
Mike

[John Kelly]

I always hold Paul up to new starters and other carpet cleaners as an example of what can be achieved if you do it right.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Mike you left out 'good looking'

Shaun

[boshravie]

Hi guys

I am Very impressed about Mr.KING.
Do you guys have any more information about Mr.KING?
I love to know more about him, maybe we can all learner how he achieve such a great income in very short period of time.

Regards

Bosh

[Mike Osbourne]

All good stuff, it would be nice to hear more success stories especially from multi truck operations. I guess we are more used to hard luck stories by the nature of the forum.

So come on don't be afraid to blow your or own trumpet.

Weel done Paul.

[darrenlee1]

is it just me, as last years turnover of mr king doesnt seem a lot
8 staff, vans, machines, marketing, ect.
love to see is figures
darren

[Mike Osbourne]

You know what the press are like. It's probably profit or what he paid in tax.

[*paul_moss]

Paul well done mate.
A great example to us all.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Here here.

But anyone who has met Paul will tell you he's like a dog on heat, you can't get him to stand still.

Shaun

[stevegunn]

Here here.

But anyone who has met Paul will tell you he's like a dog on heat, you can't get him to stand still.
Shaun

Bit like you

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Respectfully to Paul, I do about half his gross with only ME, but try grossing the other half that's when it gets bloomin hard and there's no sleep at night and you have to take on staff and more vans and more stress and more adverts and more chemicals and more machines to go wrong and just more worry.

Good luck to him.

Shaun

[lands]

He's so shy he can't comment. Bless, he's modest too.

[Ian Rochester]

Just got in and read in first hand in The Journal, hardly breaking news as it happened a year ago, but very well done, I'm sure a lot of work will come in from it. we'll probably have another 50 CC's starting out in the north east next week!!!!

It's all about having forsight to see what the punters are after, and I have to agree rugs are a growing market, get in there first with a major investment and good advertising.

Paul, did you have to pay for that editorial or was it free?

[Ian Gourlay]

Ian

With all your enterprises you must be catching him up.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I have 2 cleaners in my area that clean rugs in plant and they are both quite cheap for the hard work that is involved, infact 1 is very cheap and does a good job.

I'd like to know what the market is like ie will you get Mrs.Smiths B&Q Poly prop also the big Kalims? Mrs.Smith paid £30 for hers how can you charge her £40 for cleaning it?

Shaun

[John Kelly]

I've cleaned many rugs where the cost of the clean was more than replacement. Advised them and they weren't bothered.

[Ian Rochester]

Ian,

We just tick over in order to make ends meet!

I have only met Paul once, through John Kelly at the NEC, lovely bloke and like John, very helpful.

I think "buzzing" is probably the right adjective for him!

Off site rug cleaning is a very bespoke service, I will have a chat with Paul in the near future about referring top end work to him.

When I first came on this forum, or maybe it was one of the others, a girl called Fox had an avatar which read:

"Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity"

It's one of those profound adages that sticks with you.

I have purposely not put all my eggs in one basket, I just happen to be the one carrying all the baskets!!!