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Commercial Cleaning Company

Commercial Cleaning Company: Offices, schools and contracts. Commercial cleaning is a people business sold on price. You charge an hourly rate and pay an…

Offices, schools and contracts. Win contracts, then keep the cleaners who deliver them.

Commercial cleaning is a people business sold on price. You charge an hourly rate and pay an hourly rate, and the few pounds between them is the whole model, so a rise in the minimum wage moves straight through to a contract you priced last year. Contracts are won on tender and lost on one bad month of cover, and staff turnover is brutal because the work is early, late and part time. Where a contract transfers from another firm, their cleaners transfer with it under TUPE, along with their terms.

Setup costs
£5,000 to £35,000
Competition
Very high
Category
Trades & Home Services

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