Speakers

Warren Ballantyne

Company: Guttervac

Position: Managing Director

Warren Ballantyne worked for many years as a plumber in Queensland where cleaning gutters was part of his daily job. A simple idea to specialise and meet the demand for large scale gutter cleaning requests flourished into a successful business concept. Warren identified the need for a custom designed wet/dry gutter vacuum and set about to create his niche service product Gutter-Vac.

Specialising in business is key, and in this case it transformed a humble plumber into a national franchise owner. The first five years of its operation were devoted to developing superior systems, procedures and marketing strategies. The initial market response to the Gutter-Vac service was overwhelming. It was due to this enthusiastic market reaction that Warren decided to franchise the Gutter-Vac system and all of its procedures.

Gutter-Vac sold its first franchise on the Sunshine Coast in 2000. Gutter-Vac is now Australia-wide and has over 36 franchises. Warren has had 30 years business experience and has for the past 10 years been involved in the franchise sector. Mr Ballantyne and Gutter-Vac are committed to providing the community with a home services franchise that is sustainable and easy to grow, with a successful support system in place for franchisees.