Team News

Welcome to Elaine Hall who joined our team recently and is settling in well and has become a great member of the Freshly Maid team.

We are going from strength to strength now and I am really looking forward to the next 6 months where we look at how we can grow again but keep the quality of our service consistent and cover a wider geographic area.

Johanne Lickers and Adele Bradley have stepped up to share the role of Duty Manager to ensure the team are well supported every day and to make sure our clients homes are maintained to a sensible housework routine and with a view to them developing within the business to help us grow.

Our new Home Health Checks have got off to a great start with the whole team joining in and scheduling tasks together and the weekly briefing for the team is highlighting areas for improvement and also celebrating our achievements.

Best Wishes

Diane @ Freshly Maid

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Race for Life

Well some of the team and I are taking part in the Race for Life at Temple Newsam in Leeds tomorrow afternoon. We hope to enjoy the sunshine, have some fun and raise lots of money for a great cause.

Its taking place on a very apt day for me as tomorrow is Fathers Day and I lost my Dad suddenly 3 years ago following an operation to remove a tumour, so I'll probably be a bit teary all day, but I feel as though I'm doing something positive in his name.

Good luck to everyone taking part and if you would like to donate you can do so at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/freshlymaid.

Diane @ Freshly Maid

www.freshlymaid.co.uk

Another new team member!

Well we're continuing to grow at a pace and are happy to welcome Natasha Elvidge to the office cleaning team. Debbie and Linda are helping her learn the ropes and looking after her and she'll be a great new asset to the ever growing Freshly Maid team.

Best Wishes

Diane @ Freshly Maid

www.freshlymaid.co.uk

New Team Members!!

June Thompson, who started in May, is now a fully trained member of the Freshly Maid team. She has settled in really well and the feedback from both clients and her team mates is really positive.

Vicky Gaddas is starting her induction and training on Monday and we're all looking forward to working with her. She's a friend of Annette so she's more than likely bonkers but she'll fit in well!

We've also got Wendy Hill joining us a week on Monday in the office to help me with book-keeping and administration so I am really really looking forward to her arrival!

All in all its been a great year so far with great new team members and lots of lovely new clients to help with their cleaning and housework.

Best Wishes

Diane @ Freshly Maid

www.freshlymaid.co.uk

Newsletter headed to printers...

Well, our very first newsletter has been sent to the printers so should be on its way to clients in the next week or so.

Contents include:

• Freshly Maid Turns Two…
• An Award Winning Business…
• Frequently Asked Question….
• Top Cleaning Tip…
• Meet the Team…
• Celebrations…

We'll be looking forward to client feedback on this new way of keeping in touch!

Best Wishes Diane

It's Our Birthday!!

Well on 7th April it's our SECOND BIRTHDAY!!

Wow, what a two years it has been! We've come a long way in such a short time really. In our first month of trading in April 2008, we cleaned for a whole 46 and a half hours and this April we expect to complete at least 950 hours of cleaning so quite a difference really!

Our team has grown from 1 to 13, including myself and we are hoping to increase that to 14 in the next couple of weeks.

We've learned a lot in the past two years but I would say our number one learning is that its all about people. Its about having a great team who are as committed to the business as I am, and its about helping our clients to enjoy a great service. We still can't spring clean a house in 2 hours, but we can help new clients plan how we will first get on top of the cleaning and ironing and then plan how we will maintain it.

Our regular cleaning and housekeeping clients will all be receiving something special during April so they can share in our birthday celebrations and we will also be launching the first of our brand new quarterly newsletter, which will be full of cleaning tips and news about our team and the business.

Best Wishes

Diane @ Freshly Maid

Freshly Maid joins new Wetherby Networking Group

Enjoyed a lovely breakfast yesterday at Le Bon Appetit in Wetherby along with about 30 other local business people. This was the launch meeting for 4Networking, a national networking group that has just started a group in Wetherby.

What a great meeting, with some great people there, all as enthusiastic about their businesses as I am about Freshly Maid. There were no other cleaning and housekeeping service businesses there so even better!

So, I've taken the plunge and joined this new group and will look forward to meeting more interesting people over the coming months.

Best Wishes

Diane @ Freshly Maid