Hero handymen out on the road
NEARLY a dozen former servicemen have been retrained as property maintainers and presented with new vans in Runcorn.
The 11 veterans attended a special presentation event at Northgate Vehicle Hire on Picow Farm Road.
They will be employed throughout Warrington, Merseyside and Lancashire after completing six rigorous weeks of training.
This is the second cohort to be trained and operational in the North West – the first graduated at the end of March.
Heroes4Hire- Handymen was launched by Nigel Blanchard, and involves the training of former soldiers, sailors, airmen and women with a full complement of property maintenance skills and then setting them up with a full employment career, complete with a uniform, mobile phone and fully-equipped, branded van.
Nigel, 53, said: ”Just over two ● years ago I identified an opportunity to supply handyman and maintenance services on a formal, professional basis.
“Two years of hard work later and Heroes4Hire-Handymen was born.
“It draws on and allows the public to access the discipline, teamwork, dependability and integrity of individuals who served their country and offers each veteran the opportunity to develop their own skills and business acumen.”
All the training and operations are fully-funded by Nigel’s company which also provides full employment with salary, pension, tools and fully- equipped vans.
He has already negotiated and agreed commercial terms for maintenance contracts with Countrywide Group, the UK’s largest chain of estate agents and is in negotiations with several other national firms.
For more information visit www.h4h-handymen.co.uk