Jim's Mowing

Jim's Group
Founder Jim Penman
Headquarters Australia
Areas served
 Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom & Canada
Key people
 Jim Penman (CEO)
Website www.jims.net/ Edit this on Wikidata

Founded in 1982 by Jim Penman,[1] Jim's Mowing has expanded to become Jim's Group.

After launching the Jim's Mowing Franchise in 1989 further divisions followed. The second division was Cleaning and since then the franchise model has been adapted to almost 50 different service industries.[2]

In 2009 there was a major disruption from the franchisees when fees were raised[3] and Jim Penman was almost voted out.

In 2012 there was an unsuccessful bid for $10 million in funding to expedite expansion including a float on the ASX, which has not since been realised.[4]

The ABC reported a cyber terrorist attack via email on 24 November 2016 which was related to a database breach.[5]

In the same year Jim's Group received more than 100,000 leads that were unable to be serviced.[6]

In 2017 Jim’s Group has a turnover of over $400 million, and is the largest franchise in Australia with over 3000 franchises, as well as being the world's largest home franchise business.[7]

Jim is still the CEO of the group and actively involved in day-to-day operations.[8]

Jim's Group has now expanded into Great Britain, New Zealand & Canada.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Carswell, Andrew (2008-04-22). "Jim's Empire client satisfaction top priority, mowing mogul on call to 2700 customers". The Advertiser (Adelaide). p. 64. ISSN 1039-4192.
  2. ↑ "Jim's fantastic empire". Financial Review. 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  3. ↑ Sonti, Chalpat (2009-10-20). "Turfed out: Jim's Mowing magnate faces the sack". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  4. ↑ "Jim Penman delays Jim's Group IPO for "a few years" after failing to find backers - SmartCompany". SmartCompany. 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  5. ↑ "Jim's Group customers targeted by 'cyber terrorist' scam". ABC News. 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  6. ↑ "Subscribe | heraldsun". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  7. ↑ Switzer, Peter (2008-04-25). "No grass growing under Jim". The Australian. pp. 5–6. ISSN 1038-8761.
  8. ↑ White, Sue (2015-11-14). "Meet the boss: Jim's Group founder Jim Penman". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  9. ↑ "Growing your own franchise". Scottish Daily Record. 2009-04-24. p. 53.


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