Cleaning company set for overseas expansion

Wednesday 12th of December 2007

Middlewich based business Maid2Clean is set for expansion across the Atlantic after becoming one of the largest firms in the UK.

The cleaning company offer cleaners to homes on a short term basis and believe that their niche in the market is what has made them successful, This Is Cheshire reports.

Mike Hanrahan, who owns the company with his wife, revealed that the company would try to establish itself in the Canadian market and then trying to tackle the US.

He told the publication: "We thought hang on, why not Canada? Houses have to gather dust over there as well and if we get it right in Canada then it's a soft landing into the States."

And commenting on the success of his firm, he continued: "There's a massive market out there for people who want people to clean their homes.

"The last thing they want to do after 40 hours work is clean and iron when they get in, so we allow people to buy back a life."

Maid2Clean employs more than 4,700 people and has 63 franchises across the UK.