Idle cleaning firm hopes to expand nationally (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Idle cleaning firm hopes to expand nationally

6:30am Thursday 8th December 2011 in Business By Chris Holland

A year after being rejected by the banks, a Bradford-based cleaning materials supplier has launched a pilot scheme which bosses hope will enable it to expand through 300 new franchises across the UK over the next decade.

Dene Bentley and brother-in-law Paul Snary, owners of Applegreen UK Ltd, of Croft Street, Idle, which supplies cleaning solutions to the commercial sector, were rejected by two different banks but enjoyed a change of fortune after discovering the Bradford-based Business Enterprise Fund.

See Thursday's T&A for the full story