Two ex-military businessmen have secured a five-figure contract renewal with Swansea BID to offer exterior cleansing providers within the metropolis centre.
Gum Blitzer, which was based by ex-Royal Airforce veteran Mark Hobbs in 2011, began off as a specialist chewing gum removing firm, with Swansea BID being one among their first main shoppers.
Nonetheless, the final 12 months have seen important adjustments on the Swansea-based enterprise, most notably the introduction of Peter Davies as the brand new Managing Director and the event of a number of new providers.
“It has been a really thrilling time at Gum Blitzer,” defined Mark, who additionally runs one among Swansea’s largest pupil lodging firms, Scholar Digz.
“We have partnered with Swansea BID for a few years to offer chewing gum removing providers, nonetheless, I at all times thought the enterprise might develop and develop, however we simply could not discover the best individual to guide it,” he continued.
L-R – Andrew Douglas (Swansea BID), Peter Davies, Mark Hobbs and Rhys Jonah (Gum Blitzer)
Step ahead Peter Davies, a former Military Warrant Officer Class One who, after 23 years with the Royal Logistics Corp, retired, and was searching for a brand new problem.
“Mark and I’ve identified one another for a few years, and though I retired in 2016, I spent the previous seven years working for the ABF The Troopers’ Charity,” defined Peter, “nonetheless, when the chance arose to form and lead Gum Blitzer into the following decade and past, I jumped on the probability.”
After assembly with Russell Greenslade and Andrew Douglas of Swansea BID to debate the cleaning and sanitation challenges they have been going through, it grew to become obvious {that a} extra expansive service was required.
“I spent 23 years within the army fixing issues,” stated Peter, “so when the BID workforce defined the kind of service they required, I went away and put collectively a complete package deal of help.”
The brand new package deal not solely enabled Gum Blitzer to diversify its providing to incorporate exterior business cleansing providers alongside chewing gum removing, nevertheless it additionally developed a fast response supply mannequin.
“Our levy payers have been clear that enhancing the looks of the buying and selling and customer setting stays a key precedence,” sassist Swansea BID Chief Government Russell Greenslade.
“Because of this we now have scaled up our funding in our cleaning operations to offer much more hours and providers above and past the providers supplied by our Native Authority within the Metropolis centre,” he continued.
With a mixture of every day, pre-planned routes, Peter and his workforce can even provide emergency responsive cleans, which companies can request by the town centre’s store-net radio system.
“Alongside assembly the wants of Swansea BID, we now have expanded our providers even additional,” continued Peter, ” and at the moment are in a position to provide an entire exterior cleansing service which suggests we will now cleanse the outside of any single or multi-story constructing from the gutter line all the way down to the pavement.”
And with new shoppers that embrace hospitality companies, nationwide grocery store chains, retail parks and cinema and leisure complexes, progress throughout Wales and the South West is actually on the horizon.
“We’ll shortly be recruiting additional employees members and placing extra vans on the highway,” stated Peter, “and with the demand for our new cleansing providers rising each week, 2023 is shaping as much as be an excellent yr for the corporate.”
