A business‎ selling cleaning products to pubs, restaurants and hotels, which recently became franchised, is looking to expand into new markets such as schools and care homes as part of its plans for 100 franchises in five years.
Business partners Dene Bentley and Paul Snary, who own Applegreen UK, which has a Leeds office, as well as a 15,000 sq ft manufacturing site in Idle, re-launched the business as a franchise in October.
So far three franchisees have joined their 12-month pilot programme, with two already operating in Yorkshire and another due to start trading in the new year. The plan is for the franchised operation to launch officially in 2013.