Brisbane pool shop picks up national franchise award

Paul and Caroline Attard from Mt Gravatt PoolWerx store picked up the National Multi-Unit Franchise Award at the 2013 National Excellence in Franchising Awards held on the Gold Coast in October.

The Attards have grown from a single “man-in-a-van” business in 2005 to a $2.1 million enterprise with two retail stores and six vans servicing hundreds of clients across South Brisbane.

“I was operations director for an events and experiential marketing company and Caroline was running her own child care business from home,” says Paul Attard.

“However, we wanted to be in control of our own destiny and build a strong future for our children. We started with a van and no customers and after fine-tuning our service delivery and establishing a regular client base we invested in our first retail store in 2006. We’ve since followed PoolWerx’s career pathway, growing through multiple vans and retail stores.”

The Attards now employ 11 team members, working across Mt Gravatt, Balmoral, Carindale and Rochedale.

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