Ovenu obser vations and traits from conference

By Rik Hellewell, Founder and Managing Director, Ovenu

Following the Ovenu annual weekend conference this year, our invited guests made some ver y pr udent and interesting obser vations about the franchise network as a whole

At the conference Andrew Douglas of Recogition PR, our PR agency and Ovenu’s photog rapher Stewar t (aka Canon Clicker), had circulated among the audience of franchisees to take some up-to-date shots as well as some candid video clips to capture the event

Our photog rapher has been following the franchise jour ney of our franchisees, taking images for their respective web pages and to accompany press releases distributed by Recognition PR to local media outlets All of which help our franchisees to get recognised in their local area and give fur ther credibility to their oven cleaning businesses

It was at this point that Canon Clicker commented that he was impressed by the number of franchisees attending who he f irst photog raphed many years, or even decades, before: “It’s always good to come along to the Ovenu conference and meet up with franchisees who I f irst met years ago The Ovenu business model is clearly working ”

Franchise consultant, Ken Rostron, who has worked with us for over 20 years offering help and advice on a number of topics per taining to moral and ethical franchising, noted that none of the franchisees he had spoken to over the weekend had any previous experience of r unning a business before investing in an Ovenu franchise In fact, all coming from an eclectic mix of previous jobs for many interesting and varied reasons

Having retained exper ts working alongside our Ovenu head off ice team brings an extra layer of suppor t to our franchisees

Liam Patton of Mayfly, who has worked with Ovenu since he star ted his inter net marketing business back in the mid 2000s, remarked at the Open Golf tour nament on the Friday of the conference that several franchisees were able to play golf regularly through the week and rarely played at the weekend

Patton, obser ving this work/life balance of franchisees that have the oppor tunity to be able to manage and organise both their work and personal life, said:

“Although much of the Ovenu business is dictated by client availability in any given local ter ritor y, having the ability to ar range and organise their own diaries is clearly a huge benef it to the Ovenu network as a whole.” n