Proud dad Paul Clift is expanding his successful ChipsAway business, taking on a second territory and an additional vehicle, enabling his son Robert to help him in building a strong family enterprise. At a time when so many small businesses are suffering and young people are struggling to find jobs, Paul reckons his ChipsAway franchise has provided the perfect solution!

“Robert joined me straight out of school, to help with the business,” Paul explains. “He absolutely loves it and wants to take a bigger role, which is fantastic as demand for our services has been growing strongly. In fact, if anything, the recession has been good for us – lots of new customers have discovered that a professional quality, cost effective and convenient ChipsAway repair to their paintwork means that the car looks good and lasts longer!”

Paul first joined ChipsAway two years ago, after being made redundant, having spent all his working life in the motor trade. “From day one I had work lined up for about three weeks ahead,” he recalls. “Ever since, I’ve always had a full diary; my reputation has spread by word of mouth and currently recommendations account for about 30% of all new business leads.”

Redundancy certainly proved to be a cloud with a silver lining for Paul, “My ChipsAway business is doing really well and working with Robert is going to be great – we’re both really excited about the future and growing the business even further!”